Category Archives: Population

Harvard Graduates Mapping Public Toilets in Mumbai Slums.

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

In a recent NY Times, article, Mapping Toilets in a Mumbai Slums Yields Unexpected Results (India Talk - July22, 2012), Samuel Lowenberg reported about a class of Harvard graduates in public health, mapping public toilets in a Mumbai slum called Cheetah camp. … Continue reading →

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Saving Brownsville, Brooklyn

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

Canadian author Doug Saunders suggests in his book “Arrival City” that poor immigrant neighborhoods can thrive when certain conditions, such as access to property and education, and a minimum of social infrastructure is provided. How can these lessons be applied … Continue reading →

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