Urbanization and vector domestication are currently proposed as factors that contributed to the recent increase of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL). Is likely also urban transmission? Oran is the main city in the Argentinean hyper-endemic area of ACL, and human cases in urban residences are usually reported. In order to assess the spatial distribution of risk, phlebotomine traps were loca...

Abstract This paper focuses on the notion of home as a narrative one’s lived experience that clashes with planners’ understanding housing and policies, using case study Shahriar County, located western fringe metropolitan area Tehran. Following Heidegger, feeling is fundamental aspect human existence. From this perspective, policies spatial planning impact sense in geographical context. The emp...