Urban Problems in IndiaAs is now evident, the present troubles of the cities are a world-wide experience. The causes are everywhere fundamentally the same: the growth of urban populations well above that of national...doi:10.1007/978-1-349-02366-0_10Ursula K. Hicks...
Prevalence of Anemia among Adolescent Girls in an Urban Slum Introduction: Nutritional anemia is one of Indias major public health problems. Adolescence is a vulnerable period in the human life cycle for the developm... MV Kulkarni,PM Durge,NB Kasturwar - 《National Journal of Community Medicine...
Progression from sexual arousal to sexual debut and its influence on youth risk behaviour in urban slums of Mumbai debut on risk behavior using ASHRA (Alcohol Use, Sexual Health Risks and HIV Prevention among Young Men in Low Income Communities in Mumbai, India) ... A Siddhanta 被引量: 0...
A. Trees can absorb pollutants such as dust and carbon dioxide in the air, improving air quality. B. Trees can provide more shade, making the city cooler, and reducing the use of air conditioners. C. Trees can be used as building materials in the future, so planting them is a long -...
Urban Elderly Care in India Lack of adequate care for senior citizens is a real issue in India that cuts across economic and social strata . Many of us have personally lived through and experienced it with our parents and elders. Most ...
Despite their role in urban transport, autorickshaws have received limited policy attention at the national level, which has resulted in problems with quality of service and in environmental and safety issues. Given the critical need to promote sustainable transport in a rapidly urbanizing India, ...
A satellite-derived dataset of night- time lights is combined with historic maps to retrieve the geometric properties of urban footprints in India over time. I propose an instrument for urban shape that combines geography with a mechanical model for city expansion: in essence, cities are predicted...
85% of India’s urban population has access to drinking water but only 20% of that water meets the minimum health and safety standards. It is estimated that by the year 2050, a half of India’s population will be living in urban areas and will face acute water problems ( Singh, 2000)...
The article analyzes the role of families in processes of rural-urban migration in India in the twentieth century. It shows that the continuous circular form of this migration should be explained as a consequence of rural family strategies. Already established kinship relations or marriage opportunitie...
The quality of life issues faced by urban citizens – garbage, traffic, pollution, sanitation – are symptoms of deep-rooted problems of governance within our city-systems. Addressing those problems would need an amalgam of top-down policy changes and bottom-up solutions. Take India’s waste man...