Approximately one billion people globally live in informal settlements with a large potential fire risk, where single dwelling may result very urban conflagration leaving hundreds, if not thousands, of homeless. What is well understood, however, how fires settlement dwellings develop and spread, what influence the boundary has on these two areas. In this work, four different real-scale compartm...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Crepidula fornicata Habitat association Larval settlement Microhabitat Post-settlement mortality Recruitment Habitat-specific distributions of marine benthic invertebrates can be caused by several processes acting prior to, during or after settlement, including differential settlement and varying levels of mortality between habitat types following adaptation of t...

Hypertension is a chronic health condition affecting the lives of almost a billion people globally. Managing diet is crucial for controlling high blood pressure. Periurban communities in South Africa face multiple barriers that make the consumption of a healthy diet particularly difficult. These barriers include: residence in informal settlement areas, long distance commutes, low socioeconomic ...

Abstract Water quality is declining due to the rise of urbanization, overpopulation, industrial production, climate change, non-compliance wastewater treatment plants, and agricultural waste . The mushrooming informal settlements along bank Diep River population growth in Dunoon compromises water. Inadequate sanitation disposal practices settlement are a major problem, leading contamination wat...