Burden of Undiagnosed Hypertension Among Adults in Urban Communities of Southwest Ethiopia [Corrigendum]

Drawn upon field research in two peri-urban villages of Hanoi in 2014 and short re-visits recently, the research examines the widespread of gambling and other social issues in Hanoi’s urbanizing peri-urban communities which happened concurrently with the phenomenon of “land fever,” and at the time local villagers received compensation from land appropriation. The article aims to understand the impact of urbanization on these communities and the interface between urbanization and the increase of social problems. It argues that gambling, drug use, and other social problems have been existing in Vietnamese rural communities long before; however, when urbanization came, some people have higher chances to engage in these activities. Those are villagers who want to transform quickly into entrepreneurs or bosses by joining the “black credit” market and gambling. Together with middle-aged and old farmers who greatly relied on agricultural production and face difficulties in transforming their occupation, they formed the group of losers in the urbanization process. Received 6th January 2019; Revised 26th April 2019; Accepted 15th May 2019

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Gender Differences in Food Insecurity and Morbidity Among Adolescents in Southwest Ethiopia

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.2010-0944d ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 127 (2) ◽

pp. X34-X34

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Southwest Ethiopia

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URBAN DISPLACEMENT AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES: THE CASE OF THE AMERICAN CITY FROM THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY

International Journal of Architectural Research Archnet-IJAR ◽

10.26687/archnet-ijar.v10i2.936 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 06 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jason Knight ◽

Mohammad Gharipour

Keyword(s):

Urban Communities ◽

Low Income ◽

Urban Redevelopment ◽

Minority Populations ◽

The People ◽

History Of ◽

Late Twentieth ◽

Cultural Connections ◽

American Cities ◽

Late Twentieth Century

How can urban redevelopment benefit existing low-income communities? The history of urban redevelopment is one of disruption of poor communities. Renewal historically offered benefits to the place while pushing out the people. In some cases, displacement is intentional, in others it is unintentional. Often, it is the byproduct of the quest for profits. Regardless of motives, traditional communities, defined by cultural connections, are often disrupted. Disadvantaged neighborhoods include vacant units, which diminish the community and hold back investment. In the postwar period, American cities entered into a program of urban renewal. While this program cleared blight, it also drove displacement among the cities’ poorest and was particularly hard on minority populations clustered in downtown slums. The consequences of these decisions continue to play out today. Concentration of poverty is increasing and American cities are becoming more segregated. As neighborhoods improve, poorer residents are uprooted and forced into even more distressed conditions, elsewhere. This paper examines the history of events impacting urban communities. It further reviews the successes and failures of efforts to benefit low-income communities.

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The Application of Organic Plant Media Composition on Indian Mustard Crops (Brassica Juncea L) in Polybag

AJARCDE | Asian Journal of Applied Research for Community Development and Empowerment ◽

10.29165/ajarcde.v1i1.3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 16-22

Author(s):

Nora Augustien ◽

Pawana Nur Indah ◽

Purnawati Arika ◽

Irsyad Irsyad ◽

Hadi Suhardjono

Keyword(s):

Urban Communities ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Indian Mustard ◽

Vegetable Crops ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Mustard Plant ◽

Soil Media ◽

Wet Weight ◽

Number Of Leaves ◽

The Right

Indian mustard plants are the main vegetable crops consumed by urban communities. The need for this vegetable increases along with the increase in culinary tourism in each region and the government's appeal on sustainable food home. One effort made to meet the needs of vegetable mustard in urban areas can be cultivated using polybags. The main problem of vegetable cultivation on polybags is the availability of soil media. To overcome the limitations of soil media it is attempted to substitute it with organic litter enriched with MOL (local microorganisms). The purpose of research is to find the right combination of planting media for mustard plants. The results showed that the composition of K7 = soil: compost: litter of hay: litter of maize (2: 1: 1: 1) best on plant length, number of leaves, length of root leaves and number of roots while the wet weight of mustard plant (g) K7 = soil: compost: litter of maize: litter of corn (2: 1: 1: 1) and K8 = soil: compost: litter of maize: litter of maize: cocopeat (2: 1: 1: 1: 1) or soil: compost + urea. Increased weights of wet mustard by 63% compared to soil media and 20% compared to soil composition: compost + urea. Organic straw in the form of straw: litter of corn stalk: cocopeat enriched with MOL are able to become ready-made planting media on the cultivation of indian mustard plants in polybags.

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