The Pune Slum Census: creating a socio-economic and spatial information base on a GIS for integrated and inclusive city development

Sen, Srinanda; Hobson, J. A.; Joshi, Pratima

doi:10.1016/s0197-3975(03)00007-9

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“…It has a population of over 4 million with estimated 32% (over 1 million) residing in slums. In last 20 years the slum population in the city has increased by 176%, and similar growths have occurred in other growing cities of India [18].…”

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“…We have been conducting monthly respiratory health clinics in 54 of the 63 slums and are known as healthcare providers in the community. These slums are one of the most densely populated in the Pune city, with extreme squalor conditions and lack of provisions of basic civic-amenities such as electricity, sanitation and water supply [18].…”

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Prevalence of Self-Reported Respiratory Symptoms, Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis in Slum Area of a Rapidly Developing Indian City

Brashier¹,

Londhe²,

Madas³

et al. 2012

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Background: Poverty is an important surrogate marker for obstructive airway diseases (OAD). Slum constitutes a habitat wherein various poverty related parameters are perpetually prevalent in the ambience. 1/6th of world population lives in slums yet there is no information regarding their health status in context to asthma and COPD. Aims: We investigated the prevalence of asthma and chronic-bronchitis symptoms and associated risk-factors in slum habitats of Pune city. Methodology: 7062 adult slum-dwellers living in 12 slums of Pune city were cross-sectionally interviewed by local healthcare workers with respiratory health questionnaire which was designed using respiratory symptoms of validated European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS II) questionnaire and International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) bronchial symptoms questionnaire. Results: The overall prevalence of selfreported asthma symptoms was 10% (18 -40 years: 6.5%; >40 years: 13.5%). The overall prevalence of chronic bronchitis was 8.5% [18 -40 years: 7% (males: 7%, females: 7%); >40 years: 10% (males: 10%, females: 10%)]. Increasing age (p = 0.00), female gender (p = 0.001), unemployment (0.00) current smoking (p = 0.00) and ex-smoking (p = 0.004) emerged as significant risk factor for asthma. While, ex-smoking (p = 0.004) and low-education status (p = 0.00) emerged as significant risk factors for chronic bronchitis. Conclusion: In slums reporting of asthma and chronic-bronchitis symptoms was much higher than what has been reported earlier from India. Asthma was commonly seen in females, old age, unemployed and ever-smokers. While chronic bronchitis was commonly seen in ex-smokers and illiterate subjects. Chronic bronchitis was equally distributed amongst male and females, despite 0% prevalence of smoking in females.

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Prevalence of Self-Reported Respiratory Symptoms, Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis in Slum Area of a Rapidly Developing Indian City

Brashier¹,

Londhe²,

Madas³

et al. 2012

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“…A change in attitude toward slum dwellers is a first stage toward recognition that poor women and men cannot be excluded from urban resources to which other residents have access, such as allocation of land, security of tenure and credit for housing. 125 Many other "invisible" groups are eager to gain legitimacy, representation, and resources by being counted (see Text Box).…”

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Roundtable on Urban Living Environment Research (RULER)

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For 18 months in 2009-2010, the Rockefeller Foundation provided support to establish the Roundtable on Urban Living Environment Research (RULER). Composed of leading experts in population health measurement from a variety of disciplines, sectors, and continents, RULER met for the purpose of reviewing existing methods of measurement for urban health in the context of recent reports from UN agencies on health inequities in urban settings. The audience for this report was identified as international, national, and local governing bodies; civil society; and donor agencies. The goal of the report was to identify gaps in measurement that must be filled in order to assess and evaluate population health in urban settings, especially in informal settlements (or slums) in low- and middle-income countries. Care must be taken to integrate recommendations with existing platforms (e.g., Health Metrics Network, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) that could incorporate, mature, and sustain efforts to address these gaps and promote effective data for healthy urban management. RULER noted that these existing platforms focus primarily on health outcomes and systems, mainly at the national level. Although substantial reviews of health outcomes and health service measures had been conducted elsewhere, such reviews covered these in an aggregate and perhaps misleading way. For example, some spatial aspects of health inequities, such as those pointed to in the 2008 report from the WHO's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, received limited attention. If RULER were to focus on health inequities in the urban environment, access to disaggregated data was a priority. RULER observed that some urban health metrics were already available, if not always appreciated and utilized in ongoing efforts (e.g., census data with granular data on households, water, and sanitation but with little attention paid to the spatial dimensions of these data). Other less obvious elements had not exploited the gains realized in spatial measurement technology and techniques (e.g., defining geographic and social urban informal settlement boundaries, classification of population-based amenities and hazards, and innovative spatial measurement of local governance for health). In summary, the RULER team identified three major areas for enhancing measurement to motivate action for urban health-namely, disaggregation of geographic areas for intra-urban risk assessment and action, measures for both social environment and governance, and measures for a better understanding of the implications of the physical (e.g., climate) and built environment for health. The challenge of addressing these elements in resource-poor settings was acknowledged, as was the intensely political nature of urban health metrics. The RULER team went further to identify existing global health metrics structures that could serve as platforms for more granular metrics specific for urban settings.

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“…Empirical studies indicate that GIS could empower the marginalized groups by facilitating participatory mapping exercises that develop an inventory of customary land divisions and parcel maps (Elwood, 2002;Ghose, 2001;Jankowski, 2009). Participatory GIS has also been a key component of empowering people living in slum communities to influence formal decision-making processes (Abbott, 2003;Sen, Hobson, & Joshi, 2003;Sliuzas, 2003). Scholars, however, recognize the asymmetric access to GIS skills and data among various groups, so that GIS could be empowering for some groups, while disempowering others (Elwood, 2008;Harris & Weiner, 1998).…”

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Public Participation Geographic Information Systems: A Literature Survey

Ganapati

2010

Integrated Series in Information Systems

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The Pune Slum Census: creating a socio-economic and spatial information base on a GIS for integrated and inclusive city development

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Prevalence of Self-Reported Respiratory Symptoms, Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis in Slum Area of a Rapidly Developing Indian City

Prevalence of Self-Reported Respiratory Symptoms, Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis in Slum Area of a Rapidly Developing Indian City

Roundtable on Urban Living Environment Research (RULER)

Public Participation Geographic Information Systems: A Literature Survey

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