Geographical Linkages and the Rural-Urban Transformation

Dudwick, Nora; Hull, Katy; Katayama, Roy; Shilpi, Forhad; Simler, Kenneth

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“…For example, in Mumbai, households in flood areas report that they are aware of the flood risks, but accept them due to the opportunities offered by the area, such as access to jobs, schools and health care facilities (Patankar, 2016). Compounding this incentive for people to reside in flood zones and close to opportunities is the reality that transport is often unreliable, unsafe, or expensive (Dudwick et al , 2011; Gentilini, 2015). In some rural areas, proximity to water offers cheaper transport opportunities and regular floods may increase agricultural productivity (Loayza et al , 2012).…”

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Disaster risk, climate change, and poverty: assessing the global exposure of poor people to floods and droughts

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People living in poverty are particularly vulnerable to shocks, including those caused by natural disasters such as floods and droughts. This paper analyses household survey data and hydrological riverine flood and drought data for 52 countries to find out whether poor people are disproportionally exposed to floods and droughts, and how this exposure may change in a future climate. We find that poor people are often disproportionally exposed to droughts and floods, particularly in urban areas. This pattern does not change significantly under future climate scenarios, although the absolute number of people potentially exposed to floods or droughts can increase or decrease significantly, depending on the scenario and region. In particular, many countries in Africa show a disproportionally high exposure of poor people to floods and droughts. For these hotspots, implementing risk-sensitive land-use and development policies that protect poor people should be a priority.

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Disaster risk, climate change, and poverty: assessing the global exposure of poor people to floods and droughts

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“…Lourenço Marques (today Maputo city) was a commercial and administrative centre and a busy port with a population of about 100 000. 8 The city was undergoing the simultaneous process of urbanisation, detribalisation and assimilation of Western culture. Mozambique already had one of the least developed colonial economies when, in 1975, it gained independence.…”

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“…This startling increase in absolute numbers of more than seven times in men and more than 19 times in women may be related to different processes. First of all, Maputo had a population of about 100 000 in the early 1960s, 8 which increased markedly until the 2007 census where it reached 1 094 628 inhabitants. In addition, cancer is an affliction that normally occurs later in life.…”

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Weak surveillance and policy attention to cancer in global health: the example of Mozambique

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Cancer is an emerging public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa due to population growth, ageing and westernisation of lifestyles. The increasing burden of cancer calls for urgent policy attention to develop cancer prevention and control programmes. Cancer surveillance is an essential prerequisite. Only one in five low-income and middle-income countries have the necessary data to drive policy and reduce the cancer burden. In this piece, we use data from Mozambique over a 50-year period to illustrate cancer epidemiological trends in low-income and middle-income countries to hypothesise potential circumstances and factors that could explain changes in cancer burden and to discuss surveillance weaknesses and potential improvements. Like many low-income and middle-income countries, Mozambique faces the dual challenge of a still high morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases in rural areas and increased incidence of cancers associated with westernisation of lifestyles in urban areas, as well as a rise of cancers related to the HIV epidemic. An increase in cancer burden and changes in the cancer profile should be expected in coming years. The Mozambican healthcare and health-information systems, like in many other low-income and middle-income countries, are not prepared to face this epidemiological transition, which deserves increasing policy attention.

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Geographical Linkages and the Rural-Urban Transformation

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Disaster risk, climate change, and poverty: assessing the global exposure of poor people to floods and droughts

Disaster risk, climate change, and poverty: assessing the global exposure of poor people to floods and droughts

Weak surveillance and policy attention to cancer in global health: the example of Mozambique

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