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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Low-income urban communities"”.
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Addressing Food Insecurity and Developing Social Resources Through Community Garden Projects In Low-Income Areas: Qualitative Interviews with Outreach Coordinators From Three Urban Agriculture Organizations
As urban agriculture organizations become increasingly popular, it is important to understand the impact they have on low-income urban communities. Food security and political power are greatly lacking in these areas. Agriculture endeavors, such as community gardens and urban farms, have a …
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Addressing Food Insecurity and Developing Social Resources Through Community Garden Projects In Low-Income Areas: Qualitative Interviews with Outreach Coordinators From Three Urban Agriculture Organizations
As urban agriculture organizations become increasingly popular, it is important to understand the impact they have on low-income urban communities. Food security and political power are greatly lacking in these areas. Agriculture endeavors, such as community gardens and urban farms, have a …
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Dynamic Time Metered Delivery (DTMD) : potential effect on the goals of the Federal Communications Commission's "National Broadband Plan."
… FCC goals for broadband adoption in rural communities, less dense suburban communities and low income urban communities. With DTMD and without capital expenditure, the current broadband un-served can be enabled with a broadband speed of minimum 5Mbps on their current phone lines. The cost …
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Supporting NGO intermediation with internet systems : comparing mobile and web examples for reaching low income urban youth of Cape Town
… which wanted to expose high school students from low income urban communities of Cape Town to Internet career guidance content, but did not have the staff power for regular in-person meetings with all of the students they wanted to reach. We present Internet-supported intermediation, in which …
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The Antecedents, Process, and Consequences of Female Sterilization for Low-Income Women in Mumbai
… is the primary method of family planning among low-income women in India; the result of limited knowledge and poor access to family planning alternatives. To understand the dynamics of sterilization, 37 in-depth interviews were conducted with sterilized women from the study community, as well as …
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Accelerating bus electrification : enabling a sustainable transition to low carbon transportation systems
… gas emissions, they have a larger impact on urban air quality, have commercially available in-service electric models, and have historically commercialized clean technologies that enabled deployment in the rest of the heavy duty vehicle sector. This thesis seeks to understand what factors …