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Cities and inequality
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Abstract We propose an innovative methodology to measure inequality between cities. If an even distribution of amenities across cities is assumed to increase the average well-being in a given country, inequality between cities can be evaluated through a multidimensional index of the Atkinson (1970) type. Thi... mehr
We propose an innovative methodology to measure inequality between cities. If an even distribution of amenities across cities is assumed to increase the average well-being in a given country, inequality between cities can be evaluated through a multidimensional index of the Atkinson (1970) type. This index is shown to be decomposabe into the sum of inequality indices computed on the marginal distributions of the amenities across cities, plus a residual term accounting for their correlation. We apply this methodology to assess inequality between Italian cities in terms of the distribution of public infrastructures, local services, economic and environmental conditions.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
regionale Entwicklung; Stadtentwicklung; Stadt; Ungleichheit; Italien; Infrastruktur; Dienstleistung; Wirtschaft; Ökologie
Klassifikation
Siedlungssoziologie, Stadtsoziologie
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Seitenangabe
S. 47-60
Zeitschriftentitel
Region: the journal of ERSA, 3 (2016) 2
ISSN
2409-5370
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)