Children and Cities: An Exploratory Study of Urban-, Middle-, and Low-Income Neighborhood Children's Responses in Studying the City

1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
June King McFee
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Income Neighborhood ◽  
The City

Struggling for Good Green Jobs in Toronto’s Deindustrializing Suburbs

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Nugent
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Green Manufacturing ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Big Box ◽  
Income Neighborhood ◽  
The City ◽  
Similar Site

This chapter explores the difficulties of attempting to bring the different moments of the production process together in a deindustrialized low-income neighborhood in Toronto's inner suburbs. Here, a resident organization backed by the Communication, Energy, and Paperworkers Union (now UNIFOR), the Steelworkers, and the local labor council sought revitalization through green manufacturing, rather than a future of gentrification and big-box retail employment envisioned by developers and the city. The chapter then traces the evolution of the campaign from a focus on industrial heritage preservation to green jobs, and ultimately a broader antipoverty campaign that incorporated gender, race, and ecology. Although the campaign failed to attract a private-sector firm to invest in the site, the coalition managed to overcome some of the dilemmas that labor has faced in similar site fights in the city.

scholarly journals IDENTIFICAÇÃO DOS CONHECIMENTOS DE MÃES NA PREVENÇÃO DE ACIDENTES DOMÉSTICOS COM CRIANÇAS DA PRIMEIRA INFÂNCIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Essyo Pedro Moreira De Lima ◽  
Adrielle Oliveira Azevedo De Almeida ◽  
Eveline Pinheiro Bezerra ◽  
Elioneide Paulo Carneiro ◽  
Francisco Mairton Rodrigues De Andrade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Outpatient Clinic ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
Young Age ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Pediatric Nursing ◽  
Middle Schooling ◽  
The City

Objetivo: identificar os conhecimentos das mães sobre a prevenção de acidentes domésticos infantis com crianças da primeira infância. Metodologia: trata-se de um estudo descritivo-exploratório, com abordagem quantitativa. Foi realizado em um ambulatório de puericultura localizado no Campus do Pici da Universidade Federal do Ceará, na cidade de Fortaleza. A amostra foi constituída por 32 mães. Resultados: o estudo demonstrou que há predominância de acidentes domésticos infantis em populações de baixa renda, escolaridade média, idade jovem e com várias pessoas morando na mesma residência. Percebeuse a necessidade de serem fortalecidos conhecimentos junto as mães sobre prevenção de acidentes domésticos infantis, objetivando assim prevenir a ocorrência de injúrias, podendo ser criados para este fim programas e ações de prevenção. Conclusão:percebeu-se ainda que as abordagens prevencionistas não devem ser pautadas apenas nos agentes lesivos, visto que as variáveis levantadas influenciam umas às outras, direta ou indiretamente, na ocorrência de acidentes domésticos.Descritores: Prevenção de Acidentes; Enfermagem Pediátrica; Cuidados de Enfermagem.IDENTIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS IN THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC ACCIDENTS WITH CHILDREN OF THE FIRST CHILDHOODObjective: to identify mothers’ knowledge about the prevention of childhood domestic accidents with infants. Methodology: this is a descriptive-exploratory study, with a quantitative approach. It was carried out in a pediatric outpatient clinic located at the Pici Campus of the Federal University of Ceara, in the city of Fortaleza. The sample consisted of 32 mothers. Results: the study showed that there is a predominance of childhood domestic accidents in low income, middle schooling, young age and several people living in the same household. It was noticed the need to strengthen the knowledge of mothers on the prevention of domestic accidents for children, in order to prevent the occurrence of injuries, and prevention programs and actions could be created for this purpose. Conclusion: it was also noticed that preventive approaches should not be based only on the harmful agents, since the variables raised influence directly or indirectly on the occurrence of domestic accidents.Descriptors: Accident Prevention; Pediatric Nursing; Nursing Care.IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LOS CONOCIMIENTOS DE MADRE EN LA PREVENCIÓN DE ACCIDENTES DOMÉSTICOS CON NIÑOS DE LA PRIMERA INFANCIAObjetivo: identificar los conocimientos de las madres sobre la prevención de accidentes domésticos infantiles con niños de la primera infancia. Metodología: se trata de un estudio descriptivo-exploratorio, con abordaje cuantitativo. Se realizó en un ambulatorio de puericultura ubicado en el Campus del Pici de la Universidad Federal de Ceará, en la ciudad de Fortaleza. La muestra fue constituida por 32 madres. Resultados: el estudio demostró que hay predominio de accidentes domésticos infantiles en poblaciones de bajos ingresos, escolaridad media, edad joven y con varias personas que viven en la misma residencia. Se percibió la necesidad de ser fortalecidos conocimientos junto a las madres sobre prevención de accidentes domésticos infantiles, con el objetivo de prevenir la ocurrencia de injurias, pudiendo ser creados para este fin programas y acciones de prevención.Conclusion: Se percibió también que los enfoques prevencionistas no deben ser pautados sólo en los agentes lesivos, ya que las variables levantadas influencian unas a otras, directa o indirectamente, en la ocurrencia de accidentes domésticos.Descriptores: Prevención de Accidentes; Enfermería Pediátrica; Cuidados de Enfermería

scholarly journals Will Households Invest in Safe Sanitation? Results from an Experimental Demand Trial in Nakuru, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4462
Author(s):  
Rachel Peletz ◽  
Caroline Delaire ◽  
Joan Kones ◽  
Clara MacLeod ◽  
Edinah Samuel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Market Prices ◽  
Price Point ◽  
Improved Sanitation ◽  
Sanitation Infrastructure ◽  
The City ◽  
Experimental Demand

Unsafe sanitation is an increasing public health concern for rapidly expanding cities in low-income countries. Understanding household demand for improved sanitation infrastructure is critical for planning effective sanitation investments. In this study, we compared the stated and revealed willingness to pay (WTP) for high-quality, pour-flush latrines among households in low-income areas in the city of Nakuru, Kenya. We found that stated WTP for high-quality, pour-flush latrines was much lower than market prices: less than 5% of households were willing to pay the full costs, which we estimated between 87,100–82,900 Kenyan Shillings (KES), or 871–829 USD. In addition, we found large discrepancies between stated and revealed WTP. For example, 90% of households stated that they would be willing to pay a discounted amount of 10,000 KES (100 USD) for a high-quality, pour-flush latrine, but only 10% of households redeemed vouchers at this price point (paid via six installment payments). Households reported that financial constraints (i.e., lack of cash, other spending priorities) were the main barriers to voucher redemption, even at highly discounted prices. Our results emphasize the importance of financial interventions that address the sizable gaps between the costs of sanitation products and customer demand among low-income populations.

scholarly journals Assessing Inequitable Urban Heat Islands and Air Pollution Disparities with Low-Cost Sensors in Richmond, Virginia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 10089
Author(s):  
Andre M. Eanes ◽  
Todd R. Lookingbill ◽  
Jeremy S. Hoffman ◽  
Kelly C. Saverino ◽  
Stephen S. Fong
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Early Morning ◽  
Urban Heat Islands ◽  
Urban Heat ◽  
Adverse Environmental Conditions ◽  
East End ◽  
The City

Air pollution and the urban heat island effect are consistently linked to numerous respiratory and heat-related illnesses. Additionally, these stressors disproportionately impact low-income and historically marginalized communities due to their proximity to emissions sources, lack of access to green space, and exposure to other adverse environmental conditions. Here, we use relatively low-cost stationary sensors to analyze PM2.5 and temperature data throughout the city of Richmond, Virginia, on the ten hottest days of 2019. For both hourly means within the ten hottest days of 2019 and daily means for the entire record for the year, the temperature was found to exhibit a positive correlation with PM2.5. Analysis of hourly means on the ten hottest days yielded a diurnal pattern in which PM2.5 levels peaked in the early morning and reached their minima in the mid-afternoon. Spatially, sites exhibiting higher temperatures consistently had higher PM2.5 readings, with vulnerable communities in the east end and more intensely developed parts of the city experiencing significantly higher temperatures and PM2.5 concentrations than the suburban neighborhoods in the west end. These findings suggest an uneven distribution of air pollution in Richmond during extreme heat events that are similar in pattern but less pronounced than the temperature differences during these events, although further investigation is required to verify the extent of this relationship. As other studies have found both of these environmental stressors to correlate with the distribution of green space and other land-use factors in cities, innovative and sustainable planning decisions are crucial to the mitigation of these issues of inequity going forward.

A theoretical framework of the governance institutions of low-income housing in China

Urban Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (9) ◽  
pp. 1967-1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Deng
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Public Rental Housing ◽  
Governmental Intervention ◽  
Governance Institutions ◽  
The City ◽  
Important Form ◽  
Low Income Housing

This paper develops a theoretical framework for institutional analysis of the governance of low-income housing in the city. I focus on the provision of local public goods as a central issue for low-income housing. Factors that affect the governance structure from the efficiency perspective and the equity perspective, respectively, are explored. I argue that over-subsidisation is an important problem for income-redistribution institutions and, hence, public housing or social housing becomes an important form of governmental intervention in low-income housing. The framework is then applied to low-income housing in China. In particular, I analyse the governance structures of several major types of low-income housing including public rental housing, private low-income housing, work-unit compound and urban village.

Collaboration: A Strategy for Neighborhood Planning

1991 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-14
Author(s):  
Ronald Register
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Ford Foundation ◽  
Neighborhood Planning ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Income Neighborhood ◽  
Community Foundation

In 1990, the Ford Foundation launched the Neighborhood and Family Initiative Project (NFI) in four U.S. cities. A low-income neighborhood in each of the four cities is the target for the initiative, which is administered through a local community foundation in each city. The initiative relies on neighborhood leadership to develop strategic plans which reflect the goals and aspirations of neighborhood residents and institutions. A collaborative, or committee, composed of neighborhood leaders and key representatives from the public and private sectors is charged with overseeing the planning process.

Favelas, Affordable Housing, and Authoritarian Urbanism in the Era of Mass Eradication in Rio de Janeiro, 1960s–1970s

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Benmergui
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Military Regimes ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

As the number of favelas and poor residents of Rio de Janeiro grew quickly by the mid-20th century, they became the object of policymaking, social science research, real estate speculation, and grassroots mobilization. After a decade in which local authorities recognized the de facto presence of favelas but without legally ascertaining the right of permanence, the 1960s and early 1970s witnessed the era of mass eradication. Seemingly contradictory—but complementary—policies also included the development of massive low-income housing complexes and innovative community development and favela urbanization experiences empowered by community organizations with the assistance of experts committed to improving the lives of poor Cariocas (residents of Rio). Favelas in Rio were at the crossroads of a particular interplay of forces: the urgent need to modernize Rio’s obsolete and inadequate urban infrastructure; the new administrative status of the city after the inauguration of Brasilia; and the redefinition of the balance of power between local, municipal, and federal forces in a time of radical politics and authoritarian and technocratic military regimes, Cold War diplomacy, and the transnational flows of expertise and capital.

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