This perspective reveals something of the inequality inherent in the built form of the urban environment, but fails to penetrate far into process. The third perspective is that of political economy, which sees
Economic inequality and discontent in European cities Why do people exhibit different levels of discontent with life? Contrary to mainstream economics, economic prosperity is poorly associated with people wellbeing, mainly in cities where job opportunities and amenities are the highest. Resolving this par...
In response to record-breaking rainfall events, we have a responsibility to be proactive as not only climate change increases the risk of more such rainfall events but also factors such as urbanization and human behavior lead to higher risks of socioeconomic inequality in urban areas19,20,21. H...
The past few decades have been characterized by extensive urbanization in many parts of the world, and especially in developing countries1,2,3,4. While urbanization has been linked to rapid economic growth, it has also been associated with negative environmental (e.g. pollution, ecosystem degradat...
Commentary:Inequality, precarity and sustainable ecosystems as elements of urban resilience. Urban Stud. 57(7), 1588-1595. https://doi.10.1177/0042098020904594 [2] Agnoletti, M., Piras, F., Venturi, M., Santoro, A., 2022. Cultural values and forest dynamics:The Italian forests in the ...
Technology is exacerbating inequality We should certainly try to improve urban infrastructure and services; and the “Smart City” movement argues for using digital technology to do so. But ultimately, infrastructure and services simply support activity that is generated by the economy and by social ...
In short, the political and economic decisions that go into planning and developing urban open space can be the site of social marginalization. Urban scholars can easily overlook this fact by focusing primarily on market-based mechanisms of urban inequality (e.g., housing, access to diverse ...
Our exploration of Xiamen transformed sightseeing into applied urban economic analysis. Professor Koster emphasized that many of his research inspirations come from real-life observations that pique his curiosity—a perspective that set the tone for our entire field experience. ...
This chapter focuses on urban-rural inequality. It begins by examining the seminal works of Simon Kuznets (1955) and Arthur Lewis (1954) as a framework for understanding the rural-urban dimensions of the development process and its relationship with ineq
such as natural resources, information, and technology. This ever-greater cognitive distance makes it increasingly challenging for people to know the impacts of their consumptive decisions and also to design effective institutions to govern economic exchange and human interaction (e.g., the value–acti...