Security standards are an issue in many countries, as can be road safety, health, outdated infrastructure, violence, wildlife and natural disasters.
The two slum areas are densely populated (63,318 and 52,583 inhabitants per square km, respectively), and are characterized by poor housing, lack of basic infrastructure, violence, insecurity, high unemployment rates, and poor health indicators [ 14, 15, 17].
One of the biggest transformations that has affected Brazil is the acceleration of immigration to the big cities, with huge impacts on urban infrastructure and violence.
For the jubilation in Juba a year ago was succeeded by familiar spectres: oil wealth that proves a curse, kleptocratic politicians, crippling poverty and lack of infrastructure, tribal violence that left hundreds dead, the cold shoulder of western indifference.
Memo to Griffin: #Mandela steered the armed faction of the ANC towards sabotage against government infrastructure instead of violence.
It seemed apt: Mr Moi's 24 years in charge of Kenya have been marked by crumbling infrastructure and sporadic violence.
It's election season in a vast country riven by racial tension, religious extremism, rampant inequality, crumbling infrastructure and gun violence that claims 91 lives a day, and no one is expecting a smooth ride.
Over a four-year term, Jafari will be expected to confront the vast challenges Iraq faces -- a crumbling infrastructure and rampant violence -- despite the failure to solve these problems during his tenure as leader of Iraq's interim government.
Finally, the GM probably has to deal with more urgent daily needs to serve its population (e.g. socio-economic issues, alcoholism, violence, infrastructure), putting the volcano logically in second place.
The two slum areas are densely populated, and characterized by high unemployment rates, lack of a basic infrastructure, poor housing, violence, insecurity, and poor health indicators [ 8, 25].
Maban County in South Sudan is a mixture of the two: the majority of refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan reside in four UNHCR-managed camps, and the host community itself is fragile with exceptionally poor infrastructure and episodic violence [ 9].
