Open AccessDiscussion Informed by Recurrent Lessons from a Systematic Review on Targeting Practices in Urban Humanitarian Crises
Author(s) -
Ronak Patel,
Jami King,
Laura E. Phelps,
David Sanderson
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
plos currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 2157-3999
DOI - 10.1371/currents.dis.0d0be4b294b40f5e51ee7b58d9687ea0
Subject(s) - inclusion (mineral) , systematic review , expert opinion , subject (documents) , set (abstract data type) , engineering ethics , political science , urbanization , public relations , inclusion–exclusion principle , management science , medicine , medline , sociology , economic growth , computer science , social science , law , engineering , intensive care medicine , library science , economics , programming language , politics
Urbanization has challenged many humanitarian practices given the complexity of cities. Urban humanitarian crises have similarly made identifying vulnerable populations difficult. As humanitarians respond to cities with chronic deficiencies in basic needs stressed by a crisis, identifying and prioritizing the most in need populations with finite resources is critical.