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Urban Slums

Urban Slums is a socio-spatial construct in housing history denoting a densely populated urban area characterized by substandard housing, inadequate access to basic services, and insecure tenure, typically emerging as a consequence of rapid urbanization, poverty, and institutional neglect.

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2017–2026

455

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The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements 2003

Un-Habitat · Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal · 2004 · 1.5K citations

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The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster et al. · American Economic Journal Applied Economics · 2015 · 1.5K citations

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Deep democracy: urban governmentality and the horizon of politics

Arjun Appadurai · Environment and Urbanization · 2001 · 1K citations

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The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, Cynthia Kinnan · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2013 · 944 citations · Full text

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Deep Democracy: Urban Governmentality and the Horizon of Politics

Arjun Appadurai · Public Culture · 2002 · 744 citations

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Authors

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  1. CK
    Catherine Kyobutungi

    African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya

    20 publications · 1.8K citations

    19

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  2. AE
    Alex Ezeh

    African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya

    16 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. AI
    Albert I. Ko

    Yale University, United States

    14 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. FC
    Federico Costa

    Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

    14 publications · 686 citations

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  5. NM
    Nyovani Madise

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 1.4K citations

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. African Population and Health Research Center

    Nairobi, Kenya

    37 h-index

    204 publications

    17.6K citations

  2. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    25 h-index

    144 publications

    6.4K citations

  3. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    19 h-index

    47 publications

    2K citations

  4. BRAC University

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    18 h-index

    52 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    43 publications

    2.5K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    38 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    45 publications

    2.4K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    16 h-index

    22 publications

    3K citations

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  1. Environment and Urbanization

    38 publications · 3.8K citations

    29

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 52 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. Habitat International

    39 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    34 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. BMC Public Health

    29 publications · 2.1K citations

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