The urban population is rapidly increasing and more than half of the world's currently living in cities. About 1 billion city dwellers are slums informal settlements. Addressing issue settlements require information on these areas. This study explored potential Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) Very-High Resolution satellite image to map areas Kigali, Rwanda. applied modified U-Net model with ...

Urbanization in developing world is unprecedented, and in coming few years the number of urban dwellers is expected to exceed rural dwellers. In India, due to unprecedented and unplanned urbanization the slum areas in urban society are rapidly increasing posing serious threat to sustainable development of the country. The objective of the present study is to map out major slum areas of an urban...

OBJECTIVE Diabetes increases an individual's risk of developing dementias (eg, vascular), whereas regular physical activity has been shown to lower this risk. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to examine the relationships among cognitive function, exercise status, and type 2 diabetes (T2 DM) to determine whether physical activity participation offsets any of the increased risk of cognit...

BACKGROUND Tobacco smoking (TS) and illicit drug use (IDU) are of public health concerns especially in developing countries, including Bangladesh. This paper aims to (i) identify the determinants of TS and IDU, and (ii) examine the association of TS with IDU among young slum dwellers in Bangladesh. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Data on a total of 1,576 young slum dwellers aged 15-24 years we...

BACKGROUND Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an urgent public health priority. It is a neglected issue in women's health, especially in urban slums in Nepal and globally. This study was designed to better understand the IPV experienced by young pregnant women in urban slums of the Kathmandu Valley, as well as to identify their coping strategies, care and support seeking behaviours. Womens' vie...

Poor sanitation in urban slums results in increased prevalence of diseases and pollution of the environment. Excreta, grey water and solid wastes are the major contributors to the pollution load into the slum environment and pose a risk to public health. The high rates of urbanization and population growth, poor accessibility and lack of legal status in urban slums make it difficult to improve ...

In the last few decades, urban development in Lagos Metropolis had posed great challenges resulting from increasing population growth, decay and degradation of inner city, urban sprawl including slums. Data on factors that influence the growth of slums were sourced through variables such as % no of respondents who were non-indigenes, % no of buildings whose age were above 10 years, % no of resp...

BACKGROUND Despite numerous interventions promoting optimal breastfeeding practices in Kenya, pockets of suboptimal breastfeeding practices are documented in Kenya's urban slums. This paper describes cultural and social beliefs and practices that influence breastfeeding in two urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya. METHODS Qualitative data were collected in Korogocho and Viwandani slums through 10 fo...

Kelurahan Lette yang merupakan suatu wilayah berada di pusat Kota Makassar juga tidak luput dari permasalahan perkotaan. Secara historis, kawasan permukiman kumuh lingkungan tumbuh secara alami. Fakta empiris menegaskan bahwa isu adalah memiliki rekam jejak rawan akan bencana kebakaran. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui tingkat kerawanan kebakaran dan merumuskan penanggulangan Lette, Makas...