Joseph Macarthy
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4464743 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Joseph Macarthy |
| PRENOMES | Joseph |
| SOBRENOME | Macarthy |
| ASSINATURA | MACARTHY J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Njala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9106-1516 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Intersectional experiences of non-communicable diseases and health seeking strategies in informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone
This paper takes an intersectional approach to explore the burdens of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and their interactions with gendered inequities and poverty, in shaping health seeking practices. The study explores the lived experiences of men and women living with NCDs in three informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. As Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) grapple with increased NCD risk factors, evidence gaps limit understandin…
Intersectional inequalities in healthcare utilisation in informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Introduction Residents of informal settlements face significant intersectional inequalities, due to the overlapping and compounding effects of multiple social factors. This study aims to explore how these intersecting social factors, identified by community members, combine to shape household-level inequalities healthcare utilisation (HU) among residents of informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Methods This study employed participatory …
Barriers to transition towards sustainable mobility in Sub-Saharan African cities
This paper explores the extent to which growing cities in Sub-Saharan Africa can accelerate and leapfrog their urban development processes to avoid unsustainable car-dependent developments and instead pursue alternative sustainable mobility transitions. Taking Maputo, Mozambique, and Freetown, Sierra Leone, as case study cities, the paper aims to identify the most common structural issues underpinning transport and land-use that hinder these citi…
Ebola, informal settlements, and the role of place in infectious disease vulnerability
Studies of vulnerability often focus on the differential susceptibility of marginalised groups to the effects of disaster. This paper considers how vulnerability is also associated with the characteristics of place, especially the social setting of the informal settlement. In this light, it assesses specifically how cultural, historical, and political economic forces resulted in increased vulnerability to Ebola virus disease (EVD) within informal…
Sustaining Community-Based Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic
In Freetown, Sierra Leone, despite the progress in the official response to the COVID-19 outbreak, there remain concerns about the limited involvement of local communities and the use of bottom-up participatory approaches in the response. While the official response has been characterised by restrictive public health measures such as partial lockdowns and the declaration of a state of a public health emergency, for the urban poor, the implication…
“Emancipatory Circuits of Knowledge” for Urban Equality
Feminist, Southern, and decolonial thinkers have long argued that epistemological questions about how knowledge is produced and whose knowledge is valued and actioned are crucial in addressing inequalities, and a key challenge for planning. This collaborative article interrogates how knowledge is mobilised in urban planning and practice, discussing three experiences which have actively centred often-excluded voices, as a way of disrupting knowled…
Accessibility and sustainable mobility transitions in Africa
In the context of still-low-but-rising levels of motorization and economic growth, increasing social and spatial inequalities, and growing concerns about air pollution and climate change, the formulation and implementation of policies, practices and partnerships that can support an accelerated implementation of sustainable mobility policies is an urgent concern for rapidly developing cities. This paper seeks to contribute to reframing some of the…
The “slow anatomy of change”
This paper examines the dominant knowledge paradigms that have underpinned planning over time in Freetown, Sierra Leone and their implications for urban equality. Looking at the history of the informal settlement upgrading agenda, it presents this analysis through a historical mapping, outlining the knowledge paradigms that have informed planning approaches from the colonial era to the present day. It then outlines three strategic moments over th…
Exploring gender, health, and intersectionality in informal settlements in Freetown
This paper applies an intersectional lens to health in informal urban settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. We explored how intersecting social characteristics including gender, age, wealth, occupation, and tenant status influence health and well-being outcomes. We found that hazardous environmental conditions, poor waste disposal, and waste burning contribute to health problems at a neighbourhood level. Health-care access was also generally poo…
Covid-19 Response and Protracted Exclusion of Informal Settlement Residents in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Freetown has over 1 million residents, many of whom live in about 68 crowded informal settlements. Residents of these settlements struggle daily to access basic services such as water, sanitation, and health-care services. We found that the government’s Covid-19 response measures (curfews, lockdowns, and travel restrictions) excluded informal residents from contributing to its design, and the implementation of these measures prevented these resid…
Local response in health emergencies
This paper highlights the major challenges and considerations for addressing COVID-19 in informal settlements. It discusses what is known about vulnerabilities and how to support local protective action. There is heightened concern about informal urban settlements because of the combination of population density and inadequate access to water and sanitation, which makes standard advice about social distancing and washing hands implausible. There …
Local response in health emergencies
This paper highlights the major challenges and considerations for addressing COVID-19 in informal settlements. It discusses what is known about vulnerabilities and how to support local protective action. There is heightened concern about informal urban settlements because of the combination of population density and inadequate access to water and sanitation, which makes standard advice about social distancing and washing hands implausible. There …
The “slow anatomy of change”
This paper examines the dominant knowledge paradigms that have underpinned planning over time in Freetown, Sierra Leone and their implications for urban equality. Looking at the history of the informal settlement upgrading agenda, it presents this analysis through a historical mapping, outlining the knowledge paradigms that have informed planning approaches from the colonial era to the present day. It then outlines three strategic moments over th…
Covid-19 Response and Protracted Exclusion of Informal Settlement Residents in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Freetown has over 1 million residents, many of whom live in about 68 crowded informal settlements. Residents of these settlements struggle daily to access basic services such as water, sanitation, and health-care services. We found that the government’s Covid-19 response measures (curfews, lockdowns, and travel restrictions) excluded informal residents from contributing to its design, and the implementation of these measures prevented these resid…
Accessibility and sustainable mobility transitions in Africa
In the context of still-low-but-rising levels of motorization and economic growth, increasing social and spatial inequalities, and growing concerns about air pollution and climate change, the formulation and implementation of policies, practices and partnerships that can support an accelerated implementation of sustainable mobility policies is an urgent concern for rapidly developing cities. This paper seeks to contribute to reframing some of the…
Ebola, informal settlements, and the role of place in infectious disease vulnerability
Studies of vulnerability often focus on the differential susceptibility of marginalised groups to the effects of disaster. This paper considers how vulnerability is also associated with the characteristics of place, especially the social setting of the informal settlement. In this light, it assesses specifically how cultural, historical, and political economic forces resulted in increased vulnerability to Ebola virus disease (EVD) within informal…
Exploring gender, health, and intersectionality in informal settlements in Freetown
This paper applies an intersectional lens to health in informal urban settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. We explored how intersecting social characteristics including gender, age, wealth, occupation, and tenant status influence health and well-being outcomes. We found that hazardous environmental conditions, poor waste disposal, and waste burning contribute to health problems at a neighbourhood level. Health-care access was also generally poo…
Local response in health emergencies
This paper highlights the major challenges and considerations for addressing COVID-19 in informal settlements. It discusses what is known about vulnerabilities and how to support local protective action. There is heightened concern about informal urban settlements because of the combination of population density and inadequate access to water and sanitation, which makes standard advice about social distancing and washing hands implausible. There …
Exploring gender, health, and intersectionality in informal settlements in Freetown
This paper applies an intersectional lens to health in informal urban settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. We explored how intersecting social characteristics including gender, age, wealth, occupation, and tenant status influence health and well-being outcomes. We found that hazardous environmental conditions, poor waste disposal, and waste burning contribute to health problems at a neighbourhood level. Health-care access was also generally poo…
Covid-19 Response and Protracted Exclusion of Informal Settlement Residents in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Freetown has over 1 million residents, many of whom live in about 68 crowded informal settlements. Residents of these settlements struggle daily to access basic services such as water, sanitation, and health-care services. We found that the government’s Covid-19 response measures (curfews, lockdowns, and travel restrictions) excluded informal residents from contributing to its design, and the implementation of these measures prevented these resid…
Sustaining Community-Based Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic
In Freetown, Sierra Leone, despite the progress in the official response to the COVID-19 outbreak, there remain concerns about the limited involvement of local communities and the use of bottom-up participatory approaches in the response. While the official response has been characterised by restrictive public health measures such as partial lockdowns and the declaration of a state of a public health emergency, for the urban poor, the implication…
“Emancipatory Circuits of Knowledge” for Urban Equality
Feminist, Southern, and decolonial thinkers have long argued that epistemological questions about how knowledge is produced and whose knowledge is valued and actioned are crucial in addressing inequalities, and a key challenge for planning. This collaborative article interrogates how knowledge is mobilised in urban planning and practice, discussing three experiences which have actively centred often-excluded voices, as a way of disrupting knowled…
Accessibility and sustainable mobility transitions in Africa
In the context of still-low-but-rising levels of motorization and economic growth, increasing social and spatial inequalities, and growing concerns about air pollution and climate change, the formulation and implementation of policies, practices and partnerships that can support an accelerated implementation of sustainable mobility policies is an urgent concern for rapidly developing cities. This paper seeks to contribute to reframing some of the…
The “slow anatomy of change”
This paper examines the dominant knowledge paradigms that have underpinned planning over time in Freetown, Sierra Leone and their implications for urban equality. Looking at the history of the informal settlement upgrading agenda, it presents this analysis through a historical mapping, outlining the knowledge paradigms that have informed planning approaches from the colonial era to the present day. It then outlines three strategic moments over th…
Ebola, informal settlements, and the role of place in infectious disease vulnerability
Studies of vulnerability often focus on the differential susceptibility of marginalised groups to the effects of disaster. This paper considers how vulnerability is also associated with the characteristics of place, especially the social setting of the informal settlement. In this light, it assesses specifically how cultural, historical, and political economic forces resulted in increased vulnerability to Ebola virus disease (EVD) within informal…
Barriers to transition towards sustainable mobility in Sub-Saharan African cities
This paper explores the extent to which growing cities in Sub-Saharan Africa can accelerate and leapfrog their urban development processes to avoid unsustainable car-dependent developments and instead pursue alternative sustainable mobility transitions. Taking Maputo, Mozambique, and Freetown, Sierra Leone, as case study cities, the paper aims to identify the most common structural issues underpinning transport and land-use that hinder these citi…
Intersectional experiences of non-communicable diseases and health seeking strategies in informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone
This paper takes an intersectional approach to explore the burdens of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and their interactions with gendered inequities and poverty, in shaping health seeking practices. The study explores the lived experiences of men and women living with NCDs in three informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. As Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) grapple with increased NCD risk factors, evidence gaps limit understandin…
Intersectional inequalities in healthcare utilisation in informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Introduction Residents of informal settlements face significant intersectional inequalities, due to the overlapping and compounding effects of multiple social factors. This study aims to explore how these intersecting social factors, identified by community members, combine to shape household-level inequalities healthcare utilisation (HU) among residents of informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Methods This study employed participatory …
Geography (8 obras) · Sierra leone (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Economic growth (7 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Informal settlements (5 obras) · Medicine (5 obras) · Socioeconomics (5 obras) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (5 obras) · COVID-19 epidemiological studies (4 obras)