scholarly journals Potted street gardens ownership is associated with higher depression level in a dense residential neighborhood.docx

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdellah Afrad ◽  
Yoshiyuki Kawazoe
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Urban Families ◽  
Housing Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
Depression Level ◽  
The City

<p>The data used is from a face-to-face survey (N=388) we conducted in January 2019, in the Beni-Makada district of Tangier, Morocco. The neighborhood is one of the most disadvantaged (World Bank. 2012), with the smallest per-capita green space of 0.27m2 in the city (OPEMH, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung foundation, 2016).<br></p><p>The district is famous for the abundance of street potted gardens, widely mediatized during the 22<sup>nd</sup> conference of parties (COP22) organized in 2016 in Morocco. It houses more than 40% of Tangier’s population, mostly middle-low to low-income, living in individual houses (Modern Moroccan houses) built directly to the property line, 65% of urban families in Morocco live in the same housing type (RGPH 2014). All SPGs observed in the study area were present in the public domain, the vast majority were back to back with owners’ houses, except for two narrow streets where SPGs were at the center to barre access to cars.<br>The questionnaire was tested and verified with focus groups in Arabic before being conducted in Morocco. The final version was composed of four parts and 36 questions. </p><div>Part one inquired about PSGs size, age, maintenance, in addition to recreational activities done next to it. </div><div>Part two had eighteen questions measuring neighborhood satisfaction, cleanliness, safety, noise annoyance social capital, neighborhood life quality, and belonging pride perception. </div><div>In part three, we measured depression levels using the Arabic version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).</div><div>And in part four, we had demographic questions.</div><div>The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS 25.</div>

scholarly journals The impact of potted street gardens on depression levels in a dense residential neighborhood: case of Beni-Makada, Tangier

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdellah Afrad ◽  
Yoshiyuki Kawazoe
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Urban Families ◽  
Housing Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Residential Neighborhood ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

<p>The data used is from a face-to-face survey (N=388) we conducted in January 2019, in the Beni-Makada district of Tangier, Morocco. The neighborhood is one of the most disadvantaged (World Bank. 2012), with the smallest per-capita green space of 0.27m2 in the city (OPEMH, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung foundation, 2016).<br></p><p>The district is famous for the abundance of street potted gardens, widely mediatized during the 22<sup>nd</sup> conference of parties (COP22) organized in 2016 in Morocco. It houses more than 40% of Tangier’s population, mostly middle-low to low-income, living in individual houses (Modern Moroccan houses) built directly to the property line, 65% of urban families in Morocco live in the same housing type (RGPH 2014). All SPGs observed in the study area were present in the public domain, the vast majority were back to back with owners’ houses, except for two narrow streets where SPGs were at the center to barre access to cars.<br>The questionnaire was tested and verified with focus groups in Arabic before being conducted in Morocco. The final version was composed of four parts and 36 questions. </p><div>Part one inquired about PSGs size, age, maintenance, in addition to recreational activities done next to it. </div><div>Part two had eighteen questions measuring neighborhood satisfaction, cleanliness, safety, noise annoyance social capital, neighborhood life quality, and belonging pride perception. </div><div>In part three, we measured depression levels using the Arabic version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).</div><div>And in part four, we had demographic questions.</div><div>The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS 25.</div>

scholarly journals The impact of potted street gardens on depression levels in a dense residential neighborhood: case of Beni-Makada, Tangier

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdellah Afrad ◽  
Yoshiyuki Kawazoe
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Urban Families ◽  
Housing Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Residential Neighborhood ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

<p>The data used is from a face-to-face survey (N=388) we conducted in January 2019, in the Beni-Makada district of Tangier, Morocco. The neighborhood is one of the most disadvantaged (World Bank. 2012), with the smallest per-capita green space of 0.27m2 in the city (OPEMH, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung foundation, 2016).<br></p><p>The district is famous for the abundance of street potted gardens, widely mediatized during the 22<sup>nd</sup> conference of parties (COP22) organized in 2016 in Morocco. It houses more than 40% of Tangier’s population, mostly middle-low to low-income, living in individual houses (Modern Moroccan houses) built directly to the property line, 65% of urban families in Morocco live in the same housing type (RGPH 2014). All SPGs observed in the study area were present in the public domain, the vast majority were back to back with owners’ houses, except for two narrow streets where SPGs were at the center to barre access to cars.<br>The questionnaire was tested and verified with focus groups in Arabic before being conducted in Morocco. The final version was composed of four parts and 36 questions. </p><div>Part one inquired about PSGs size, age, maintenance, in addition to recreational activities done next to it. </div><div>Part two had eighteen questions measuring neighborhood satisfaction, cleanliness, safety, noise annoyance social capital, neighborhood life quality, and belonging pride perception. </div><div>In part three, we measured depression levels using the Arabic version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).</div><div>And in part four, we had demographic questions.</div><div>The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS 25.</div>

scholarly journals Karakteristik Elemen Pembentuk Fisik Kota pada Ruang Terbuka Publik di Alun-alun Cicendo Bandung

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erwin Yuniar Rahadian ◽  
Alisha Nuur Salamah ◽  
Verina Dyah Kania ◽  
Vigia Tri Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
City Image ◽  
City Life ◽  
The Public ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
The City

ABSTRAK Ruang terbuka publik pada dasarnya merupakan suatu wadah yang dapat menampung aktivitas tertentu dari masyarakatnya. Ruang terbuka Publik juga merupakan salah satu identitas citra kota atau kawasan dan indikator kualitas hidup kawasan perkotaan. Mengingat pentingnya peranan keberadaan ruang terbuka publik di dalam suatu kawasan perkotaan, maka sebuah ruang terbuka publik harus memiliki perencanaan dan perancangan sesuai dengan kelengkapan elemen pembentuk fisik kota. Kelengkapan elemen pembentuk kota tersebut juga terkait dengan desain arsitektural agar berfungsi sebagaimana mestinya ruang terbuka publik. Salah satu ruang terbuka publik di Bandung yaitu Alun-alun Cicendo Bandung yang didesain secara arsitektural dan menjadi icon kawasan Cicendo, berfungsi sebagai wadah untuk menampung aktivitas sosial masyarakat di kawasan Cicendo. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji karakretistik ruang terbuka publik berdasarkan elemen-elemen pembentuk fisik kota yang berada di kawasan Alun-alun Cicendo Bandung dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif. Hasil pembahasan dapat menggambarkan bahwa kawasan Alun alun Cicendo Bandung memenuhi elemen-elemen pembentuk fisik kota dengan desain yang baik. Kata kunci : Ruang Tebuka Publik, Alun-alun, Elemen Pembentuk Fisik Kota. ABSTRACT Open Space basically is a space that can accommodate people’s activity. Open space is one of the city image and a city life quality indicator. The existence of open space in a city has an important role in an urban area so a public space needs proper planning and design with completeness an image of the city elements. The completeness image of the city elements is related to an architectural design so the public space can operate properly. Alun alun Cicendo is one of open space in Bandung that designed architecturally and become an icon of Cicendo, functions as a place to accommodate a social activity. This research aims to review the characteristics of a public space based on the image of the city elements around Alun alun Cicendo Bandung with the descriptive qualitative method. The result can describe that Alun alun Cicendo Bandung complies image of the city elements with a good design. Keywords: Open Space, Square, Image of the City Elements

scholarly journals RENCANA KEPEMILIKAN RUMAH BAGI MASYARAKAT BERPENGHASILAN RENDAH (STUDI KASUS KELURAHAN TANJUNGMAS KOTA SEMARANG)

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Lulut Indrianingrum
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
The Public ◽  
Housing Programs ◽  
Price Range ◽  
The Right ◽  
Public Views ◽  
The City

Affordable housing programs and banking program has been launched for the implementation of housing programs for Low Income Communities (MBR). MBR characteristics in each region are very diverse make housing programs for this segment is not easy to do the right target. Act 2 of 2001 has mandated that states are obliged to implement the settlement habitable housing for people, especially the MBR. This article will discuss how the public views MBR related to home ownership for families. Aspects related studies include family conditions, financing, location, shape and price residence. The research method used descriptive method with the results of questionnaires to the MBR in Sub Tanjungmas as Village poorest residents in the city of Semarang. The results showed that the respondents have a vision of home ownership by saving and installments. That their visions are still living in and near where you live now or anywhere else that has the same price range. They really understand that in order to obtain environmental conditions and a better home, they have to pay higher prices, then, the standards they use is on the quality of life now and that the location that suitable for them is a house in the kampong area.Program-program perumahan terjangkau dan program perbankan telah diluncurkan untuk pelaksanaan program perumahan untuk Masyarakat Berpenghasilan Rendah (MBR). Karakteristik MBR di masing-masing daerah yang sangat beragam membuat program perumahan untuk segmen ini tidak mudah dilakukan secara tepat sasaran. Undang-Undang No.2 tahun 2001 telah mengamanatkan bahwa negara wajib menyelenggarakan perumahan permukiman yang layak huni bagi masyarakat khususnya MBR. Artikel ini akan membahas bagaimana pandangan masyarakat MBR terkait kepemilikan rumah bagi keluarganya. Aspek kajian antara lain terkait kondisi keluarga, pembiayaan, lokasi, bentuk tempat tinggal dan harga. Metode penelitian menggunakan metode deskriptif melalui hasil kuisioner kepada MBR di Kelurahan Tanjungmas sebagai Kelurahan dengan penduduk miskin terbanyak di Kota Semarang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa responden memiliki visi dalam kepemilikan rumah dengan cara menabung dan mencicil. Bahwa visi mereka adalah masih tinggal disekitar lokasi tempat tinggal sekarang atau tempat lain yang memiliki rentang harga yang sama. Mereka sangat memahami bahwa untuk memperoleh kondisi lingkungan dan rumah yang lebih baik, mereka harus membayar lebih mahal, maka, standar yang mereka gunakan adalah pada kualitas hidup yang dijalani sekarang bahwa lokasi rumah yang cocok untuk mereka adalah rumah di perkampungan.

scholarly journals The Association between Ground Floor Features and Public Open Space Face-To-Face Interactions: Evidence from Nantou Village, Shenzhen

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (24) ◽  
pp. 4934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirna Zordan ◽  
Gianni Talamini ◽  
Caterina Villani
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Internal Space ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Ground Floor ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Open Space ◽  
The City

With face-to-face interaction proving beneficial for mental health, there is still a paucity of research on the correlation between ground floor features (GFFs), defined here as the features of the ground floor of buildings overlooking a street, and public open space face-to-face interaction density (POSFTFID), defined as the density of human face-to-face interactions in the public open space (POS) adjacent to each building. Is there a correlation between GFFs and POSFTFID? This study aims to answer this question gaining empirical evidence from a Chinese village in the city (ViC). Behavioural mapping and statistical analysis were employed and the following GFFs were tested: Ground floor area, indoor visible space, presence of stairs, POS adjacent area, and land use. Results show an association between POSFTFID and: (1) The area of the POS adjacent to each building, (2) the degree of visibility (ratio of indoor visible space to total internal space) of the ground floor, (3) the presence of stairs. Moreover, food appears to be an important attribute fostering social interaction. Results can provide insights on future implications in urban design strategies and planning policies aiming at enhancing mental health conditions in contemporary cities.

At the Margins of Canada: School Choice Practices of Aboriginal Families in a Settler-Colonial City

2019 ◽  
pp. 089590481986444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ee-Seul Yoon ◽  
Lyn D. Daniels
Keyword(s):  
School Choice ◽  
Low Income ◽  
School Closure ◽  
Schools Of Choice ◽  
Public Education System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Aboriginal Students ◽  
Canadian City ◽  
Colonial Theory ◽  
The City

Little is known about the school choice practices of Aboriginal families in settler-colonial societies, where they have been removed from their ancestral lands and/or have been subjected to discriminatory educational policies. Through the lens of settler-colonial theory, this study elucidates the spatially positioned school choice practices of Aboriginal families in a Canadian city. It explores their desires to choose schools and identifies their sociospatial constraints that result from historical marginalization and racism. It delineates how racial segregation in schools increased, as Aboriginal families’ school choice has been limited primarily to low-income, racialized parts of the city that face school closure due to low enrollment. In addition, this article analyzes the exclusion of Aboriginal students from prestigious schools-of-choice programs in the public education system. The study concludes that the neoliberal policy of school choice offers limited options to Aboriginal families, especially given the settler-colonial context of the city where they reside.

City Outreach

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica M. Barron ◽  
Rhys H. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Church Leadership ◽  
Public High School ◽  
Church Members ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
Congregation Members ◽  
Before School ◽  
The City ◽  
The Church

Although Downtown Church is still a fairly new congregation, it has developed two significant outreach ministries. The church sponsors a team in a community basketball league— made up of congregation members and some external “ringers” who are terrific players but not regular church members. And it sponsors a “before-school” support program at a public high school in a low-income, crime-ridden neighborhood in the city. Both of these programs are similar to efforts made by many congregations, but they also reveal how the church leadership struggles to handle issues of race and inequality beyond its own walls. Here, “racial utility” becomes apparent, as the pastoral leadership often uses black members to help it establish credibility, either with others in the city basketball league or with the public school system. At the same time, many of the church members involved with the programs recognize that even as they are being used for their race, they are in turn using the status of the white leadership to gain entrance into situations they might not have been able to achieve on their own.

Commercial Use of Nonmotorized Transport: Evidence from Accra, Ghana

1996 ◽  
Vol 1563 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Fred Amponsah ◽  
Jeff Turner ◽  
Margaret Grieco ◽  
Andrews Kwablah ◽  
Paul Guitink
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Commercial Use ◽  
Small Load ◽  
Transportation Modes ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
The City ◽  
World Bank Project

The traders of Accra, Ghana, continue to make use of hand-pushed and hand-pulled carts for moving their stock across the city. These non-motorized forms of transport play a key role in a low-income economy; developing economies, with their large informal sectors and plentiful supply of petty-trading enterprises, contain a preponderance of enterprises having restricted capital bases, a condition that requires the use of low-cost transportation. The bicycle, although well suited to the small-load requirements of much petty trading, is not regarded as a suitable mode of transport for women, who make up the majority of Ghana's traders. A World Bank project designed to support and promote models of nonmotorized transportation is being implemented. The practices and prospects of the commercial use of nonmotorized transport in Ghana is discussed, the World Bank project that supports and promotes these transportation modes is described, and the appropriateness of nonmotorized transportation modes for developing economies is discussed.

scholarly journals SOSIALISASI DAN PRAKTEK RETENSI DAN PEMUSNAHAN BERKAS REKAM MEDIS di PUSKESMAS KURANJI

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Sayati Mandia
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Medical Record ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Community Health Center ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
The City

Puskesmas merupakan fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan yang menyelenggarakan upaya kesehatan masyarakat dan upaya kesehatan perseorangan tingkat pertama. Dalam melaksanakan tugasnya puskesmas berwenang untuk untuk melaksanakan pencatatan dan pelaporan kesehatan pasien serta melakukan evaluasi terhadap mutu dan cakupan pelayanan kesehatan. Pencatatan dan pelaporan pasien dapat dilihat dari berkas rekam medis pasien. Rekam medis pada sarana kesehatan non rumah sakit wajib disimpan sekurang-kurangnya untuk jangka waktu dua tahun terhitung dari tanggal terakhir pasien berobat. Setelah batas waktu penyimpanan dilampaui maka rekam medis dapat dimusnahkan. Puskesmas Kuranji merupakan salah satu puskemas di kota padang yang berlamat dikecamatan Kuranji. Berdasarkan hasil wawancara dengan petugas rekam medis, hingga saat ini Puskesmas Kuranji belum melakukan retensi dan pemusnahan berkas rekam medis sedangkan ruangan penyimpanan hanya ada satu. Berdasarkan pemaparan masalah di atas, maka pengabdi bermaksud untuk melakukan sosialisasi dan praktik langsung mengenai retensi dan pemusnahan berkas rekam medis di Puskesmas Kuranji Kota Padang. Target dan luaran dari pelaksanaan kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat adalah kegiatan ini dapat dijadikan sebagai bahan pertimbangan untuk pelaksanaan retensi dan penghancuran berkas rekam medis. Target kedepannya agar sosialisi ini dapat digunakan sebagai dasar kegiatan retensi dan penghancuran berkas rekam medis. Kata Kunci: Puskesmas, Retensi, Pemusnahan, Rekam Medis ABSTRACT Public health center (PHC) is a health service facility that organizes public health efforts and first-level individual health efforts. In carrying out its duties PHC is authorized to carry out the recording and reporting of patient health and to evaluate the quality and scope of health services. Patient recording and reporting can be seen from the patient's medical record file. Medical records in non-hospital healthcare facilities must be kept for at least two years from the date the patient was treated. After the storage time limit is exceeded, the medical record can be destroyed. The Kuranji Community Health Center is one of the public health centers in the city of Padang which is well-known in the Kuranji sub-district. Based on the results of interviews with medical record officers, up to now the Kuranji Community Health Center has not retained and destroyed medical record files while there is only one storage room. Based on the explanation of the problem above, the service intends to conduct socialization and direct practice regarding the retention and destruction of medical record files at the Kuranji Health Center in Padang City. The target and output of the implementation of community service activities is that this activity can be used as consideration for the implementation of retention and destruction of medical record files. The future target is that this socialization can be used as a basis for retention and destruction of medical records. Keywords: Puskesmas, Retention, Destruction, Medical Record

The World Bank: Why It Is Still Needed and Why It Still Disappoints

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Ravallion
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Global Poverty ◽  
Global Public Goods ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

Does the World Bank still have an important role to play? How might it fulfill that role? The paper begins with a brief account of how the Bank works. It then argues that, while the Bank is no longer the primary conduit for capital from high-income to low-income countries, it still has an important role in supplying the public good of development knowledge—a role that is no less pressing today than ever. This argument is not a new one. In 1996, the Bank’s President at the time, James D. Wolfensohn, laid out a vision for the “knowledge bank,” an implicit counterpoint to what can be called the “lending bank.” The paper argues that the past rhetoric of the “knowledge bank” has not matched the reality. An institution such as the World Bank—explicitly committed to global poverty reduction—should be more heavily invested in knowing what is needed in its client countries as well as in international coordination. It should be consistently arguing for well-informed pro-poor policies in its member countries, tailored to the needs of each country, even when such policies are unpopular with the powers-that-be. It should also be using its financial weight, combined with its analytic and convening powers, to support global public goods. In all this, there is a continuing role for lending, but it must be driven by knowledge—both in terms of what gets done and how it is geared to learning. The paper argues that the Bank disappoints in these tasks but that it could perform better.

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