How and why spatial patterns of social inequalities vary
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- Created on: 26-05-19 17:11
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- How and why spatial patterns of social inequality vary
- Wealth
- Low incomes are linked to factors such as ill-health, lower educational attainment and poor access to services
- lack of formal qualifications and low skill sets are major obstacles to raising income and thereby reducing social inequality
- Cost of living- disposable income: the amount left over when all essentials of life have been brought
- Housing
- Poor quality housing and overcrowded conditions= ill-health
- Inequality in access occurs when demand for housing exceeds supply
- rapid urbanisation has lead to authorities not being able to keep up
- homelessness is a growing problem among urban populations of ACs
- Affordability of housing contributes to social inequality
- Health
- Clear link between ill-health and deprivation
- Stress of day-to-day living, poor diet and poor standard housing in poverty can have affect on health
- Access to medical services also plays a part
- Education
- Achieving universal primary education was one of the Millenium Development Goals
- Most governments invest in education to improve quality of life and standard of living
- Illiteracy excludes people from accessing education and therefore reduces employment opportunities
- Achieving universal primary education was one of the Millenium Development Goals
- Access to services
- Global scale
- Inequalities between AC, EDCs and LIDCs
- Comparisons in number of doctors per 1000:
- Norway, AC= just over 4
- Brazil, EDC= just under 2
- Kenya, LIDC= well below 1
- Comparisons in number of doctors per 1000:
- Inequalities between AC, EDCs and LIDCs
- National scale
- Inequalities between regions
- Those living in capital cities, where wealth and investment are high, tend to have good access to services, where as those in peripheral regions do not
- Inequalities between regions
- Influenced by:
- Number of services
- How easy it is to get to a service
- Social and economic factors e.g. age, gender, income
- Clear rural-urban divide in access. Urban dwellers usually have better access
- In some EDCs and LIDCs mobile technology is beginning to reduce inequality
- One way in which social inequality can persist is through restriction in access to the internet. For instance, in China, internet access is controlled by governments
- Global scale
- Wealth
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