نتایج جستجو برای: urban residents

تعداد نتایج: 215593  

2011
Ernestina Coast

Migration is an important process of change for rural populations in developing countries. Migration is a primary cause of behaviour change—by their very act of migrating, migrants are different from those who do not migrate. The focus of the current study is male rural–urban migration in Tanzania and its interaction with sexual behaviour. The analysis presents results from a comparison with in...

The quality of the urban environment as part of quality of life, the most important topics in the field of urban studies that rapid urban growth, the concentration of population and activities have been changed. Since the quality of the urban environment has two dimensions of objective and subjective. It is also objectively assessing both the environment and on people's perception of the urban ...

Journal: :Journal of nutrition education and behavior 2017
Dennis McDermot Bridget Igoe Mandy Stahre

OBJECTIVE To assess the geographic distribution of healthy food retailers in Washington State and estimate the number of Washington State residents with restricted availability of healthy food. METHODS Street network service areas were drawn around Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant, and Children retailers for multiple drive times and walking distances in urban and rural...

  The study seeks to address the importance of urban stream ecosystems from the perspective of urban ecology, human health and social well-being in the context of urban planning. The case study area is Paveh stream in the City of Paveh. The data from the case study area were gathered from questionnaire, existing scientific and library studies and by conducting interviews with residents and auth...

Expended Abstract Introduction: Urban neighborhoods are a symbol of urban poverty and its spread over time, mainly due to over-migrations, economic fluctuations, the rapid growth of urbanization, and the neglect of the housing and shelter needs of low-income groups. The World Commission for the Future of Cities in the 21st Century warned that, as urban superlife grows, urban poverty in souther...

Journal: :Bioscience trends 2007
Na He

Because of China's increasing industrialization over the past two decades, many rural residents have migrated to urban areas but frequently return to visit their home villages. These rural-to-urban migrants are generally young, are better educated than non-migrating rural residents but less educated than their urban counterparts, are most likely employed in venues such as construction sites, fa...

2013
Aroor Bhagyalaxmi

The study attempted to identify the prevalence and distribution of risk factors of non-communicable diseases among urban and rural population in Gujarat, India. Using the WHO stepwise approach, a crosssectional study was carried out among 1,805 urban and 1,684 rural people of 15-64 years age-group. Information on behavioural and physiological risk factors of non-communicable diseases was obtain...

2017
Leslie Miller-Robbie Anu Ramaswami Priyanie Amerasinghe E F Lambin Vincent C Tidwell Barbara D Moreland Katie M Zemlick Lucie C Vermeulen Jelske de Kraker Nynke Hofstra Helen E Dahlke Tobias Kuemmerle Christian Levers Karlheinz Erb A L Thebo P Drechsel K L Nelson

When urban areas expand without concomitant increases in wastewater treatment capacity, vast quantities of wastewater are released to surface waters with little or no treatment. Downstream of many urban areas are large areas of irrigated croplands reliant on these same surface water sources. Case studies document the widespread use of untreated wastewater in irrigated agriculture, but due to th...

Journal: :Remote Sensing 2017
Conghong Huang Jun Yang Hui Lu Huabing Huang Le Yu

Urban green spaces can yield considerable health benefits to urban residents. Assessing these health benefits is a key step for managing urban green spaces for human health and wellbeing in cities. In this study, we assessed the change of health benefits generated by urban green spaces in 28 megacities worldwide between 2005 and 2015 by using availability and accessibility as proxy indicators. ...

Journal: :African health sciences 2013
R C Brenyah D N M Osakunor R K D Ephraim

BACKGROUND As urban centres in Ghana continue to grow, the scale and impact of urban malaria is increasing. OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalence of malaria in two communities and how this may be affected by knowledge, attitudes, socioeconomic status and preventive practices of residents in two communities within the Accra metropolis. METHODS Giemsa-stained thick blood films were examined for...

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