Habitat: the new United Nations initiative in human settlements
In: Reports, 1981/No. 28
In: Reports, 1981/No. 28
World Affairs Online
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In: Entwicklungspolitik / BMZ aktuell, 67
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The importance of watercourses to human life and development cannot be overemphasised. From communication, trade, agriculture and the location of human settlements, they have played an immeasurable role. Almost 60% of Africa lies within shared rivers and lake basins. The Nile is shared by more than seven nations, the Zambezi by six, and the Congo by nine. With populations on the rise, many countries have been labeled "water scarce" nations, and in fifteen years it is predicted that many people on earth will be exposed to water shortage consequences such as famine and disease. Thirteen African nations already suffer "water stress" and soon another twelve will join the list unless something is done to thwart the problem. On March 20, 2009 in Nairobi, Hekima College collaborated with Jesuit Hakimani Centre and the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) to host the Hekima College Water Day Academic Seminar with the theme Shared Waters, Shared Opportunities. This book is the result of critical research and presentations by internationally renowned scholars, researchers and experts, and students of the Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations-Hekima College. For most of 2009 Kenya suffered severe problems caused by flooding which took many lives and destroyed homes and important infrastructures. It highlighted the issues of water management and water conflicts, not only in Kenya but in other parts of East Africa, as it was made abundantly clear that not only scarcity of water, but excess water, incorrectly managed, can be disastrous. This timely, scholarly book presents discussions of the issues which underlie the major water crises in the region. They open the debate into the water problems of Kenya and East Africa in an effort to join the global campaign to find solutions to these difficulties.
Introduction --The Age-old balance between host and parasite --Determinants of history, agents of human tragedy --The different paths to progress --Why worry in the Age of Miracles? --A worrisome future is not inevitable --1.How the world starts getting better --Death, disease, and the fall of prehistoric man --The path to better health in wealthier nations --A better world begins as a more unequal one --2. --Diseases of conquest and colony --The colonial and military roots of global health --The path to better health in poorer nations --Death and demography --The legacy of ebola --The difference that health aid makes --3.Diseases of childhood --A child survival revolution --China's other great leap forward --Is healthier wealthier? --The (potential) dividends of demography --Sunny in Nairobi, with a chance of storms --Cell phones, not factories --The perils of youth --4. --Diseases of settlement --Cholera and the white death --A simple solution --Poor world cities --The perils of growing naturally --Climate and the environment --The Tunis effect --Returning to Dhaka --5.Diseases of place --The growth industry in Agadez, Niger --People, not just potatoes --Migration as the history of disease --The world is getting better in worrisome ways --6. --The exoneration of William H. Stewart --Confronting the complex of multiple causation --The role of aid in adapting to the decline of infectious diseases --The myth of the good epidemic.
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In: Pediatrics, child and adolescent health
Preface -- Sexuality in childhood and adolescence / Donald E Greydanus, Helen D Pratt and Joav Merrick, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America, and others -- Some aspects of sexuality -- Married adolescent girls : promoting access to comprehensive reproductive health and HIV information and services / Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Francis Obare, Wilson Liambila and Ian Askew, Population Council, Nairobi, Kenya -- Teen birth rates in the United States from an ecological perspective / Lester R Collins Jr, Brandi Jean Felderhoff, Youn Kyoung Kim, Cecilia Mengo and Vijayan K Pillai, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States of America -- Dysfunctional uterine bleeding and adolescents using etonogestrel (ENG) implant / Anna Iddings and Hatim A Omar, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Kentucky Children's Hospital, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America -- Sexually transmitted disease : syphilis / Amy Burnett and Hatim A Omar, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Kentucky Children's Hospital, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America -- Priapism in sickle cell disease / Ranbir S Balgir, Department of Biochemistry, Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribals (Indian Council of Medical Research), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Central India -- Smoking behavior in the lesbian bisexual gay transgender and queer community / Lawrence O Bryant, Lisa R Merriweather and Lorenzo Bowman, Division of Respiratory Therapy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina and DeVry University Georgia, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and sexuality / Michelle A Stahl, Donald E Greydanus, Natalie Truba, Kevin Cates and Helen D Pratt, Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Western Michigan University and Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America -- Child abuse and maltreatment / Vincent J Palusci and Margaret T McHugh, Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, Frances L Loeb Child Protection and Development Center, New York, United States of America -- Acknowledgements -- About the editors -- About the national institute of child health and human development in Israel -- About the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine (WMED), Kalamazoo, Michigan USA -- About the book series Pediatrics, child and adolescent health -- Index -- Index
In: Nijhoff eBook titles
Navi Pillay in her age (Chile Eboe-Osuji) -- Navi Pillay : overcoming the odds (Vinodh Jaichand) -- On the bench with Navi (Erik Mose) -- Navanethem Pillay : a short Biography (Sugan Naidoo) -- Navi Pillay : up close and personal (Jessica Neuwirth) -- Can the international community meet the challenges ahead of us? (Marti Ahtisaari) -- Hate speech and the Rwanda genocide : ICTR jurisprudence and its implications (Dennis C M Byron) -- The future of global governance and the role of multilateral organizations (Jan Egeland) -- Sixty years of the declaration of human rights : theory and reality in the pursuit of the United Nations agenda (Ibrahim Gambari) -- Do the principles and practice of red cross neutrality meet the necessities of today's humanitarian action? (Sven Mollekleiv) -- Les droits de l'homme dans le processus de la Conference internationale sur la region des Grands Lacs (Mutoy Mubiala) -- Lessons learned in prosecuting gender crimes under International law : experiences from the ICTY (Serge Brammertz and Michelle Jarvis) -- Guerres, femmes et droit : les crimes de guerre, crimes d'agression, crimes de genocide et crimes contre l'humanite (Fatoumata Diarra) -- Rape and superior responsibility : international criminal law in need of adjustment (Chile Eboe-Osuji) --The genocide convention's protected groups : a place for gender? (Katy Grady) -- Prosecuting sexual violence at the ICTR (Alice Leroy-Hajee) --The Nairobi declaration : a gendered paradigm for post-conflict reparations (Amy Senier)
Introduction -- Exploring logistics competences and capabilities in not-for-profit environments : the case of Médecins Sans Frontières / Diego Vega, Neoma Business School and Cret-Log, France -- Setting up a supply chain network -- Setting up a humanitarian supply network / Graham Heaslip (HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland) and Gyöngyi Kovács (HUMLOG Institute) -- Service triad case study / Graham Heaslip, HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland -- Setting up a supply chain network in the Kenyan nutrition sector / Tunca Tabaklar (HUMLOG Institute, Helsinki, Finland) and Olivia Agutu (UNICEF Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya) -- Supply chain strategy -- Supply chain strategy / Ira Haavisto (HUMLOG Institute), Graham Heaslip (HUMLOG Institute and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology) and Paul Larson (University of Manitoba, Canada) -- Case study: partnerships : supply chain strategy / Graham Heaslip, Humlog Institute and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology -- Decision making in the supply chain -- Decision making in humanitarian logistics / Minchul Sohn (HUMLOG Institute, Finland), Eija Susanna Meriläinen (HUMLOG Institute) and David B Grant (HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Hull University Business School, UK) -- Forecasts, financing and acceleration of humanitarian logistics : from supply chain to value chain / Janot Mendler de Suarez, Pablo Suarez, Erin Coughlan de Perez and Dak Martin Doleagbenu, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Netherlands -- Procurement -- Procurement in humanitarian supply chains / Ala Pazirandeh, University of Gothenburg, Sweden -- Joint tender for freight-forwarding services : promises and pitfalls / Ala Pazirandeh (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Heidi Herlin (HUMLOG Institute, Finland) -- A procurement project in the Philippines / Jonas Stumpf (HELP Logistics AG, Kuehne Foundation, Asia Office), Maximilian Foehse (HELP Logistics AG, Kuehne Foundation, Asia Office) and Tom Godfrey, Save the Children International -- Partnerships and innovative procurement as enablers for sustainable development goals / Rolando M Tomasini, Head of Global Outreach at the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) -- Transportation, fleet management, delivery and distribution -- Transport in humanitarian supply chains / Ruth Banomyong (Thammasat University, Thailand) and David B Grant (HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Hull University Business School, UK) -- Humanitarian aid supply corridors : Europe-Iraq / Anthony Beresford, Stephen Pettit and Ziad al Hashimi, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK -- Warehouse and inventory management -- Warehousing in humanitarian logistics / Alain Vaillancourt, HUMLOG Institute, Finland -- Gdacsmobile : an IT tool supporting assessments for humanitarian logistics / Bernd Hellingrath (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany) and Daniel Link (Chair for Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, University of Münster, Germany) -- Logistics competency for humanitarian relief : the case of Médecins sans Fontières / Diego Vega, NEOMA Business School, France -- Community-managed rural water supply in Ethiopia / Linda Annala, HUMLOG Institute, Finland -- Managing supply chain sustainability risks / Alexander Blecken, Anna Gaarde and Nives Costa, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Denmark -- Using three-dimensional printing in a humanitarian context : challenges and solutions / Peter Tatham (Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Australia) and Jennifer Loy (Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Australia) -- Making performance measurement work in humanitarian logistics : the case of an IT-supported balanced scorecard / Bernd Hellingrath (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany) and Adam Widera (Chair for Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, University of Münster, Germany) -- Boko haram : the security and supply chain management challenges of providing relief / Richard Oloruntoba, University of Newcastle, Australia -- References -- Index
In: The metropolis and modern life
In: Routledge handbooks
Global urban health: inequalities: vulnerabilities, and challenges in the 21st century / Igor Vojnovic, Amber L. Pearson, Gershim Asiki, Geoffrey DeVerteuil and Adriana Allen -- Urban health in the US and UK: the long 19th century / Susan Craddock and Tim Brown -- Sin in the city: an urban history of medicine and modern morality in Turkey / Emine Ó. Evered and Kyle T. Evered -- Healthcare and the city: a North American perspective / Mark W. Rosenberg -- Delivering urban health through urban planning and design / Laurence Carmichael -- Cities, immigration, and the patient protection and affordable care act / Michael K. Gusmano -- Voluntary sector and urban health systems / Andrew Power and Mark Skinner -- Urban policies and health in Latin America and the Caribbean / S. Claire Slesinski, Adriana C. Lein, Ana V. Diez Roux and Waleska T. Caiaffa -- Access to healthcare for the urban poor in Nairobi, Kenya: harnessing the role of the private sector in informal settlements and a human rights-based approach to health policy / Pauline Bakibinga and Elizabeth Bakibinga-Gaswaga -- Medical travel/tourism and the city / Meghann Ormond and Heidi Kaspar -- The health system and immigrants: a focus on urban France / Anne-Cécile Hoyez, Céline Bergeon and Clélia Gasquet-Blanchard -- Urban mental health / James Lowe -- Children's resilience and mental health in the urban context / Maureen Mooney -- Welfare facilities and happiness of the elderly in urban Korea / Danya Kim and Jangik Jin -- Public space and pedestrian stress perception: insights from Darmstadt, Germany / Martin Knöll, Marianne Halblaub Miranda, Thomas Cleff and Annette Rudolph-Cleff -- Cities and indigenous communities: the health and wellbeing of urban Maori in Aotearooa New Zealand / John Ryks, Naomi Simmonds and Jesse Whitehead -- Landscape restructuring in the shrinking city and implications for mental health / Jared Olson, Lora Daskalska, Kelly Hoormann and Kirsten Beyer -- Challenges to public health in the Favelas of metropolitan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Robert E. Snyder, Kathryn L. Lovero, Claudete A.A. Cardoso, Lee W. Riley and Alon Unger -- Taking action to improve indigenous health in the cities of Québec and elsewhere in Canada: the example of the Minowé Clinic at the Val-d'Or Native Friendship Centre / Carole Lévesque, Édith Cloutier, Ioana Radu, Dominique Parent-Manseau, Stéphane Laroche and Natasha Blanchet-Cohen -- Refugees and health: a European urban context / Gordana Rabrenovic, Danijela V. Spasic and Tibrine da Fonseca -- Refugees and health in urban Africa / Sheru Wanyua Muuo -- The urban hierarchy and spatial relationships between poverty and cancer: does location error matter? / Monghyeon Lee, Yongwan Chun and David A. Griffith -- African cities and ebola / Zacchaeus Anywaine and Ggayi Abubaker Mustapher -- Pedestrian injuries in cities: a global perspective / Marie-Soleil Cloutier and Andrew Howard -- Alcohol availability and crime in post-disaster Christchurch, New Zealand: implications for health in cities / Gregory D. Breetzke and Amber L. Pearson -- Urban gun violence / Janice A. Iwama and Jack McDevitt -- European street gangs and urban violence / Keir Irwin-Robers, Scott Decker, Amir Rostami, Svetlana Stephenson and Elke Van Hellemont -- Neighbourhood recovery and community wellbeing in cities following natural disasters: findings from Christchurch, New Zealand / Vivienne Ivory, Chris Bowie, Clare Robertson and Amber L. Pearson -- Urban slums, drinking water, and health: trends and lessons from sub-Saharan Africa / Ellis Adjei Adams, Heather PRice and Justin Stoler -- A greening but unequal city: environmental exposure disparities, gentrified inequalities, and public health in Seattle, Washington / Jonah White and Troy Abel -- Fighting for urban environmental health justice in Southside (Los Sures) Williamsburg, Brooklyn: a community-engaged pilot study / Ivan J. Ramírez, Ana Baptista, Jieun Lee, Ana Traverso-Krejcarek and Andreah Santos -- Ambient air pollution and health effects in Shanghai: trend, challenges and opportunities / Wei Tu, Zhijing Lin, Lili Du, Haidong Kan and Weichun Ma -- Transport, urban regeneration and health / Julie Clark and Angela Curl -- Rice, men, and other everyday anxieties: navigating obesogenic urban food environments in Osaka, Japan / Cindi SturtzSreetharan and Alexandra Brewis -- The built environment, physical activity, and obesity: exploring burdens on vulnerable U.S. populations / Igor Vojnovic, Zeenat Kotval-K, Jieun Lee, Jeanette Eckert, Jiang Chang, Wei Liu, Xiaomeng Li and Arika Ligmann-Zielinska -- Publib health challenges with sub-Saharan African informal settlements: a case study of malaria in Yaoundé / Roland Ngom -- Health-oriented urban planning in Germany: urban planning and design approaches going beyond professional boundaries / Angela Million and Andrea Rüdiger -- Flint, Michigan's food crisis: retail abandonment, social and economic burdens, and local food-oriented solutions / Richard C. Sadler -- Housing and urban health: a Los Angeles study / Edith Huarita and Victoria Basolo.