Researchers have argued that wealthy nations rely on a large net appropriation of labour and resources from the rest of the world through unequal exchange in international trade and global commodity chains. Here we assess this empirically by measuring fl
There are numerous examples of how progress and the emergence of new knowledge and technology have not benefited population groups equally, but have rather contributed to increases in existing health inequalities. For example, prior to the Enlightenment, there was no health gradient between English ari...
Newsday has removed its paywall to allow everyone access to this groundbreaking and essential investigative project. In one of the most concentrated investigations of discrimination by real estate agents in the half century since enactment of America’s landmark fair housing law, Newsday found evidence...
In addition to income inequality, the UNDP report describes the inequality of opportunity in terms of access to services, work with dignity and accessibility. It is based on exhaustive statistical analysis at national and provincial levels, and includes new inequality indices for child development, yo...
In a time when a global pandemic has forced people to use technology for almost every aspect of their day-to-day lives, it is important to determine if spe
Brownfield areas, for example, can be used to sustain knowledge parks, technology facilities, creativity centers, or institutions of higher education in one location, thus providing possibilities for networking and linkage. These networks are strongly linked to resi- dential opportunities and urban ...
In areas with significant changes in traffic demand and high vehicle dispersion at adjacent intersections, such as the surrounding roads of large shopping malls and schools, traffic problems are prone to occur. This is due to the unequal signal cycle lengths used at upstream and downstream intersect...