(Human Geography) the scientific study of human populations, esp with reference to their size, structure, and distribution [C19: from Frenchdémographie,from Greekdēmosthe populace; see -graphy] deˈmographer,deˈmographistn Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 201...
The message that inequality is deep-seated, intergenerational and substantially geographic should be accommodated into social mobility analysis in Britain. This finding likely has implications for studies of all advanced economies. It is not sufficient to benchmark change over only the last two generatio...
The kind of issues that a more morally engaged geography might address, in addition to the familiar problem of spatial inequality, include: the definition of who belongs to a community, the spatial relativity of morality and social justice, and whether or not where people are should affect how...
The kind of issues that a more morally engaged geography might address, in addition to the familiar problem of spatial inequality, include: the definition of who belongs to a community, the spatial relativity of morality and social justice, and whether or not where people are should affect how...
AIDS, Geography of R.W.Thomas, inInternational Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2001 3.2Direct Actions In the absence of a viable vaccine, such direct action has either entailed implementing medical interventions linked to a positive blood test or social measures intended to modify...
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The Gini coefficient (or Gini index) is used to measure inequality in income or wealth distribution of a population.4 If everyone had the same income, representing equality, the Gini coefficient would equal zero. If one person had all the income and everyone else had none, then it would equ...
incorporation of procedural justice—fair and inclusive decision-making processes—among the climate-ambitious cities in the C40 network. They find that less than half of C40 cities emphasize procedural justice in climate planning, thereby limiting their ability to meaningfully address systemic inequality....
I become acutely aware that my puzzlement over why this parade is happening has a lot to do with my own assumptions about queer progress and geography. I assumed that clearly queer visibility in a city like Lafayette would be significantly less than in Boston or New York City, based on the...
A classic definition of social inequality comes from the sociologist Max Weber, who wrote that there are three fundamental types of inequality. The first is based in the marketplace and is “social class”. The second, and more important distinction, is based in estimations of honour that Weber...