Spatial povertyUrban economic developmentThis paper explores urban poverty and inequality in Kenya. We use the 2009 Kenyan population census data and estimate multidimensional poverty and inequality measures in the capital city and other secondary cities and towns. The results of our analysis show that...
A further decomposition analysis shows that rapid economic growth has been the major force behind reduction in urban poverty, but the poverty reduction impact would have been even greater if worsening income distribution had been avoided. 展开 关键词: Urban poverty and inequality Urban reform ...
Slum, Densely populated area of substandard housing, usually in a city, characterized by unsanitary conditions and social disorganization. Rapid industrialization in 19th-century Europe was accompanied by rapid population growth and the concentration of
for poverty and inequality. I argue that urban sprawl and the concentration of poverty are two sides of the same metropolitan development process, and that the operation of this process increases poverty and limits equality of opportunity.
The focus of this paper is the effect of contemporary globalization on poverty and inequality in cities of the 'global south'. Specifically it addresses the impact of globalization on marginalized communities—slums, squatter settlements and shantytowns—collectively called 'informal settlements'. This ...
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Climate change and declining levels of green structures: Life in informal settlements of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Impacts of climate change are often acute for those who live in informal settlements, the places where poverty, inequality and deprivation are concentrated... M Roy,R Shemdoe,D Hulme...
It focuses particularly on jobs, incomes, inequality, and poverty, and their characteristics in an era when neoliberal policies have been implemented. It draws on census reports, national surveys, and published reports in order to overcome the dearth of information about the urban and national ...
This book offers an engaging study that analyses contemporary childhood by examining new lines of argument about diversity, disability and difference. The ... H Montgomery - 《Children & Society》 被引量: 16发表: 2010年 Understanding Inequality, Poverty and Wealth At a time when the divide betwe...
Poverty, inequality, and growth in urban China, 1986-2000. Journal of Comparative Economics 33 (4), 710-729.Jin, Y., Li, H., Wu, B., 2011. ... UGS Directory 被引量: 22发表: 2017年 Economic transformation in Ghana In the context of the Ghanaian government's objective of structural...