31/03/2017
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Title: The impact of socioeconomic inequalities on the environment and health of the population of Canaan
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1250
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The impact of socioeconomic inequalities on the environment and health of the population of Canaan
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(1) Université Quisqueya (Centre de Recherche et d'Appui aux Politiques Urbaines CRAPU), n/a, Haiti (2) 2Association Haïtienne Femmes, Science et Technologie, n/a, Haiti
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AL. Verret N. Prince Y. Jérôme A. Bras
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Environmental Health and Urban Sustainability
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Haitian urban governance
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Cocioeconomic inequalities
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Environment
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Public health
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The lack of urban governance (spatial planning, urban management/planning), commonly observed in developing countries, exposes cities to socioeconomic inequalities, which translate into direct impacts on the quality of the environment and health of populations. Haiti, in the Caribbean region suffering from the combined effects of cyclones, earthquakes, political crises seems to be a good example to question this observation. Indeed, failing public authorities have proved themselves incapable of managing the urgency of catastrophes and the complex conjunctures that follow, leaving the population free to make decisions and take actions in terms of organization and management of urban space and services.
This study is exploratory and based on a qualitative and quantitative approach. Five methods were used to collect data: documentary analysis (decrees, laws, acts, studies, reports), semistructured interviews, questionnaire, field observations and photointerpretation of aerial images.
The data will be collected in Canaan, a neighborhood created by the population in response to the 2010 earthquake. As the concrete result of this state failure, Canaan, now transformed into a shantytown of more than 24.5km2 and 200,000 inhabitants fending for themselves, appears to pose a threat to the environment and a risk to public health.
Through a multidisciplinary approach and a fieldwork, this research and the ensuring analysis will strive to demonstrate how the socioeconomic inequalities impact the quality of the environment and the health of the population of Canaan.
The lack of urban governance (spatial planning, urban management/planning), commonly observed in developing countries, exposes cities to socioeconomic inequalities, which translate into direct impacts on the quality of the environment and health of populations. Haiti, in the Caribbean region suffering from the combined effects of cyclones, earthquakes, political crises seems to be a good example to question this observation. Indeed, failing public authorities have proved themselves incapable of managing the urgency of catastrophes and the complex conjunctures that follow, leaving the population free to make decisions and take actions in terms of organization and management of urban space and services. This study is exploratory and based on a qualitative and quantitative approach. Five methods were used to collect data: documentary analysis (decrees, laws, acts, studies, reports), semistructured interviews, questionnaire, field observations and photointerpretation of aerial images. The data will be collected in Canaan, a neighborhood created by the population in response to the 2010 earthquake. As the concrete result of this state failure, Canaan, now transformed into a shantytown of more than 24.5km2 and 200,000 inhabitants fending for themselves, appears to pose a threat to the environment and a risk to public health. Through a multidisciplinary approach and a fieldwork, this research and the ensuring analysis will strive to demonstrate how the socioeconomic inequalities impact the quality of the environment and the health of the population of Canaan.
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