In six compact chapters, this book enriches and broadens the debate on increasing economic inequality in cities and the spatial translation of that into more segregated neighbourhoods. Chapters bring together the literature on the social effects of this and question whether there are sizable effects and what their direction is.
In six compact chapters, this book enriches and broadens the debate on increasing economic inequality in cities and the spatial translation of that into more segregated neighbourhoods. Chapters bring together the literature on the social effects of this and question whether there are sizable effects and what their direction is.
Edwin Buitelaar, PhD, is a professor of land and real estate development at Utrecht University and a senior researcher of urban development at the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Anet Weterings, PhD, is a senior researcher of regional economic development at the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Roderik Ponds, PhD, is a senior researcher at Atlas voor Gemeenten, and a lecturer on Urban Economics at TIAS Business School.
Inhaltsangabe
List of illustrations Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introducing the book 1.1 Reflecting on the current debate 1.2 The contribution and the limitations of this book 1.3 Outline Chapter 2: Causes of urban-economic inequality and segregation 2.1 Macro processes and inequality 2.2 Inequality between cities 2.3 Growing inequalities in cities 2.4 Economic segregation in cities Chapter 3: Reflecting on the measurement 3.1 How to measure inequality? 3.1.1 The Gini coefficient 3.1.2 Limits to the scope 3.2 How to measure segregation? 3.2.1 The dissimilarity index 3.2.2 Sensitivity to measurement choices 3.2.3 Limits to the scope 3.3 Inequality and segregation of what? 3.3.1 Wage, income or capital 3.3.2 From gross incomes to standard of living 3.4 A dynamic perspective on inequality and segregation Chapter 4: Reflecting on the (negative) societal impact 4.1 The negative impact of economic inequality 4.1.1 Effects on economic growth 4.1.2 Health and social effects 4.2 The negative impact of economic segregation 4.2.1 Mechanisms underlying neighbourhood effects 4.2.2 Identification of neighbourhood effects 4.2.3 From individual effects to city level effects Chapter 5: Reflecting on the moral implications 5.1 Equality and distributional justice 5.2 The pie metaphor 5.3 Good and bad economic inequality 5.4 The impracticability of aiming for economic equality 5.5 The same or enough? About the moral relevance of economic inequality 5.6 The moral relevance of (economic) segregation 5.7 Reflecting on the material dimension of economic inequality and segregation Chapter 6: Reflecting on urban policy 6.1 Summary of the book 6.2 Redistribution of money 6.3 Redistribution of people Glossary Index
List of illustrations Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introducing the book 1.1 Reflecting on the current debate 1.2 The contribution and the limitations of this book 1.3 Outline Chapter 2: Causes of urban-economic inequality and segregation 2.1 Macro processes and inequality 2.2 Inequality between cities 2.3 Growing inequalities in cities 2.4 Economic segregation in cities Chapter 3: Reflecting on the measurement 3.1 How to measure inequality? 3.1.1 The Gini coefficient 3.1.2 Limits to the scope 3.2 How to measure segregation? 3.2.1 The dissimilarity index 3.2.2 Sensitivity to measurement choices 3.2.3 Limits to the scope 3.3 Inequality and segregation of what? 3.3.1 Wage, income or capital 3.3.2 From gross incomes to standard of living 3.4 A dynamic perspective on inequality and segregation Chapter 4: Reflecting on the (negative) societal impact 4.1 The negative impact of economic inequality 4.1.1 Effects on economic growth 4.1.2 Health and social effects 4.2 The negative impact of economic segregation 4.2.1 Mechanisms underlying neighbourhood effects 4.2.2 Identification of neighbourhood effects 4.2.3 From individual effects to city level effects Chapter 5: Reflecting on the moral implications 5.1 Equality and distributional justice 5.2 The pie metaphor 5.3 Good and bad economic inequality 5.4 The impracticability of aiming for economic equality 5.5 The same or enough? About the moral relevance of economic inequality 5.6 The moral relevance of (economic) segregation 5.7 Reflecting on the material dimension of economic inequality and segregation Chapter 6: Reflecting on urban policy 6.1 Summary of the book 6.2 Redistribution of money 6.3 Redistribution of people Glossary Index
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