The Concentration of Disadvantage; the Slums between Medical Pathologies and Governance of Poverty

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE
Author/s Agostino Petrillo
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2013/101
Language Italian Pages 15 P. 43-57 File size 122 KB
DOI 10.3280/SUR2013-101005
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The confluence of urban poverty and health inequalities is responsible for the diffusion of epidemics in informal settlements. In particular the situation is out of control in the African slums. Insufficient and inadequate policies have led to increasing diseases and poverty. Public policies to eradicate this concentrated disadvantage must be pursued rigorously, in order to avoid dramatic consequences for the city's future development prospects.

Keywords: City, Slums, Health, Policies, Poverty, Governance

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Agostino Petrillo, Lo "svantaggio concentrato": gli slums tra patologie mediche e governance della povertà in "SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE" 101/2013, pp 43-57, DOI: 10.3280/SUR2013-101005