Crime and security
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Can environmental design make cities safer?: a tool for identifying good practice
- ( P. Higuera / Eldis Document Store , 2007)
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Many Latin American countries continue to experience a high incidence of crime and violence, especially in urban areas. While policy makers have tended to focus more on arrest and punishment than o...
- Addressing the needs of the Dhaka's urban poor
- ( World Bank Office, Dhaka , 2007)
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Dhaka is the fastest growing mega-city in the world, attracting an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 mostly poor migrants a year. This paper argues that urgent measures are required to address the vital...
- Are violence and poverty connected?
- ( C. Moser / Brookings Institution , 2006)
- This brief presents an integrated framework for understanding urban violence. It is informed by the findings from participatory urban appraisals of violence undertaken in 18 poor urban communities in ...
- Globalisation and cases of violence in areas undergoing rural-urban change
- ( C.O.N. Moser; D. Rodgers / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2005)
- This paper examines the relationship between levels of violence and insecurity in areas undergoing rural-urban change. This is a central issue for the security and development agenda. It is associate...
- How can communities manage conflict? Urban violence and post-war reconciliation
- ( Philip Scott Jones / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- How can communities solve problems of urban violent crime and regain equilibrium after the trauma of war? Research in urban Port Moresby and low-income neighbourhoods in post- war Bougainville, Papua ...
- Johannesburg: nightmarish future or potential model of inclusive urban governance?
- ( Jo Beall;Owen Crankshaw;Susan Parnell / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- Built on the sweat of black migrant workers, Johannesburg is synonymous with social fragmentation, environmental degradation, violent crime and rampant consumerism alongside grinding poverty. How is t...
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