New York City's Infrastructure, some of the oldest dating back to 1864, is vast and complex. This infrastructure includes both utility lines (e.g., gas, electric, sewer, water, telecommunications, etc.) and transit facilities (e.g., roads, tunnels, stations, etc.). While New Yor…
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A redevelopment strategy that has long been overlooked is the military’s contribution to the development of America’s cities. The military has a place in history with America’s city building. Historically, defense-related development was in the interest of national defense and w…
For years, researchers, practitioners, legislators, parents, social workers, and community activists among others have toiled with the underachievement of urban students compared with their counterparts. It is well documented in the literature the high-risk environments to which…
Pressure to standardize curriculum, assessment, and instruction is rapidly whittling perceptions of what counts as literacy in public schools. Educators risk fostering compliance and cementing preconceived categorization of students, rather than critical thinking when orderlines…
Vegetation plays an important role in regulating the health of urban ecosystems (Sanders, 2004; Jim, 2004). Riparian zones, parks, nature reserves, and other forms of urban vegetation help minimize atmospheric and hydrologic pollution and reduce the urban heat island effect (Wen…
This study of struggles in the urban security sector of Cairo and Rio de Janeiro offers an alternative model for analyzing the origin and impact of rising authoritarian practices and changing constraints on democratization. This dissertation argues that newly emergent police pra…
In looking at rural-urban linkages, this thesis addresses the extent to which social research may be generalized within development policy. Studies of Yoruba migrants in south-western Nigeria demonstrate that the ties between migrants and their hometowns can have a positive impa…
The study was conducted in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. Thirty-eight third-grade elementary school children (age = 8–9 y) in rural and thirty-nine in urban areas participated voluntarily. The subjects included male and female students. Food sources of vitamin B-6, commonly consu…
This dissertation studies the feasibility of change and damage detection in urban environments using the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging technology. SAR is an active sensor and capable to provide high-resolution images in all weather and all time conditions. It shows prom…
Growth status was examined in relation to intrahousehold factors in urban primary school children (6–10 years old) from low-income households in Malaysia. The investigation consisted of one study with 8,005 children and one with 309 households. Children's data were obtained from…
When Frank Prochaska first published his studies on philanthropy, he provided the most in-depth scholarship to date. But this research is now over 20 years old and is ready for review. It is also a purely historical analysis, with little archaeological content. This research see…
This study analyses local communities in Caernarfonshire in order to offer new perspectives on Welsh society in the late Victorian and early Edwardian eras. This has been seen as a period of major change in Wales characterised by economic modernisation and national awakening. Ho…
In Dhaka, Bangladesh over five million people live in low-income, informal settlements (bustees) with limited access to basic services, secure land tenure and political voice. Whilst collective action among the urban poor is central to accessing affordable services and - when ta…
This thesis critically analyses the significance of the local unregulated water market as an underground component of the wider urban waterscape in Ethiopia, specifically a peripheral and low-income sub-city of Addis Ababa called Akaki Kality. Of particular concern are the busin…
This research explores the production of informal spaces in England. Informal spaces are those used by people who do not own the land. The research focused on how such a space is produced, through a variety of processes and activities. The use and function of informal spaces is …
This thesis explores the notion of rurality as a form of constructed identity. Just as feminist and postcolonial studies identify the formation of hierarchies within gender and ethnicity, I argue that the rural is constructed as inferior in opposition to its binary counterpart, …
Effective management of the excreta or faecal sludge (FS) emptying, transport and disposal mechanisms from the on-plot latrines in urban areas of many low-income countries is critical for the sustainability of urban sanitation. However the literature mentions the lack of an effe…
This study compares the morbidity and mortality of non-adults in urban and rural cemeteries between AD 850-1859. It was hypothesised that the development of urbanisation and industrialisation with subsequenot overcrowding and environmental pollution, would result in a decline in…