Search Results - "Urban area"

Rabies awareness, incidence and vaccination coverage in Lilongwe, Malawi by Jonasson, Angelica

“…The objective of this thesis was to evaluate the situation of canine rabies in two urban areas in Lilongwe, Malawi, where canine rabies is enzootic. …”

Pilot study: influence of the Samoan dog population on visitors by Beckman, Magnus

“…The greater problems with free-roaming dogs in Apia have earlier been shown in other urban areas. Free-roaming dogs are a problem for the tourism industry in Samoa. …”
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Pollenallergier i urbana miljöer by Lundberg, Caroline

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Efficacy of mycotoxin binder on aflatoxin M1 and Mazzican on total bacterial count in raw milk among smallholder dairy farmers in Kisumu County, Kenya by Anyango, G., Mutua, Florence K., Kagera, I., Andang'o, P., Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…The efficacy of NovaSil clay (NS), a mycotoxin binder, and Mazzican, a hygienic milk container, to reduce levels of aflatoxin M1 and total bacterial counts respectively were evaluated in raw milk samples collected from urban and peri urban areas of Kisumu, Kenya. Materials and methods: A baseline survey was conducted in 97 farms, and 72 raw milk samples were collected. …”
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Multifunctional retention pond for stormwater management: a decision-support model using Analytical Network Process (ANP) and Global Sensitivity Analysis (GSA) by Keyvanfar, A., Shafaghat, A., Ismail, N., Mohamad, S., Ahmad, H.

“…The ever-growing impervious and contaminated surfaces in urban areas result in severe floods, degraded waterways, and stormwater. …”
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Surface water-groundwater interactions and local land use control water quality impacts of extreme rainfall and flooding in a vulnerable semi-arid region of Sub-Saharan Africa by Geris, J., Comte, J.-C., Franchi, F., Petros, A. K., Tirivarombo, S., Selepeng, A. T., Villholth, Karen G.

“…We also found that Gaborone Reservoir facilitated prolonged conditions for recharge but likely also enhanced contamination of groundwater through maintaining a high water table in urban areas located immediately downstream. Management implications of our findings include a requirement for careful consideration of land use and landfill planning in relation to bedrock geology and presence of surface water reservoirs, conjunctive surface water and groundwater management, but also the need for even higher (space-time) resolution of monitoring in these data sparce environments. …”
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The association between food environment, diet quality and malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income adult populations across the rural—Urban gradient in Vietnam by Vuong, Vy Thao, Fiorella, Kathryn J., Jones, Andrew D., Thi Trinh, Huong, Khoury, Colin K., Huynh, Tuyen, Hoang, Ky The, Nguyen, Kien Tri

“…Methods: We evaluated food environment by geospatial mapping of food outlets through a transect walk across the “food ecosystem” from rural to urban areas. Diet quality was assessed using the Diet Quality Index – Vietnamese (DQI‐V) comprising Variety, Adequacy, Moderation and Balance components. …”
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2015 regionalized social accounting matrix for Tunisia: A nexus project SAM by Salhine, Rim Ben, Younes, Anis Ben, ElKadhi, Zouhair, Jebali, Belhassen, Raouf, Mariam

“…Labor is disaggregated into four education-level categories and across rural and urban areas. For the household SAM, household accounts are split into 15 categories by rural farm, rural nonfarm, and urban categories and then by national per capita expenditure quintiles. • For the regionalized SAM, sectoral production, production factors, and household groups are disaggregated into seven subnational regions: Greater Tunis, North East, North West, Center East, Center West, South East, and South West. …”
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Flood risk assessment under the shared socioeconomic pathways: a case of electricity bulk supply points in Greater Accra, Ghana by Siabi, E. K., Adu-Poku, A., Otchere, N. O., Awafo, E. A., Kabo-bah, A. T., Derkyi, N. S. A., Akpoti, Komlavi, Anornu, G. K., Adjei, E. A., Kemausuor, F., Yazdanie, M.

“…Results reveal that elevation, slope, soil type, distance from urban areas, and SPI are the most influential factors contributing to flooding susceptibility in the region. …”
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CGIAR Youth Strategy by Lecoutere, Els, Elias, Marlène, Markicevic, Isidora

“…At the same time, in South Asia, high rural out-migration to urban areas by youth results in farm labor shortages. …”
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Fit for human consumption? A qualitative survey at a Ugandan pig abattoir by Roesel, Kristina, Holmes, K., Kungu, J., Grace, Delia, Pezo, Danilo A., Ouma, Emily A., Baumann, M.P.O., Fries, R., Ejobi, F., Clausen, Peter-Henning

“…Up to 70% of all pork is estimated to be consumed in urban and peri-urban areas, mainly through informal road-side butcheries and ‘pork joints’. …”
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Prospects for peri-urban dairy development in Ethiopia by Tegegne, Azage, Gebre-Wold, A.

“…On the other hand, market-oriented dairy production systems with improved genotypes are found mainly in urban and peri-urban areas. The annual national demand-supply variance for fluid milk along, calculated on the basis of per capita consumption in sub-Saharan Africa, is estimated at 500 million kg. …”
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Estrategia de sobrevivencia de pequeños productores de la localidad de San Vicente, Bs As. a través de la gestión colectiva de una planta de alimento balanceado by Suarez, Agustin

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Skogens sociala värden i den praktiska skötselplaneringen by Sjöqvist, Maja

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Välkomnande stadsrum för unga : en undersökning av ungas preferenser och hur landskapsarkitekter har arbetat vid Lina Sandells park och Tjärna Ängar aktivitetstorg by Aspersand, Matilda

Integration of allotment garden in public green space for the social wellbeing of urban residents : a study of Ekebydalen allotment garden, Uppsala, Sweden by Hadgu, Semhal Mehari

“…Allotment gardens might be seen as compensation for the lack of green space and private gardens in cities, especially in dense urban areas. However, due to the long waiting list for renting out, not everyone can get access to growing locally cultivated food and other benefits, especially people who are less privileged and cannot afford private gardens. …”

Skogens prioritet i kommunal planering och förvaltning : skogsvård och skogsskydd i Vallentuna kommun by Isaksson, Josefin

Antibiotic use and resistance in the food and agricultural sectors in Bangladesh by Eberson, Linnea

“…Sampling of food products (tomato, chicken, fish) from traditional markets and supermarkets was done at three locations representing rural, peri-urban, and urban areas from November 2018 to June 2019. Samples were tested for prevalence of Salmonella spp, Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae. …”
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Ensiling characteristics of Banana peelings by Hansson, Ulrika

“…Studien genomfördes som en minor field study i Kampala och är en del av det pågående projektet ”Feed for livestock in urban/peri-urban areas of Kampala” mellan Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) och Makerere University, Kampala. …”

Waste market in urban Malawi by Barré, Juliette

“…Massive and fast accumulation of waste is difficult to handle especially in urban areas where space is scarce. Accumulation of waste results the development of harmful toxins, bacteria, and odors. …”
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