Inequality in cities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
fFgBFxEoEos
, Segregation has shot up in Madrid – due less to property speculation than a lack of
affordable housing. It is the city where segregation increased the most among the 13
studied was Madrid – not due to an influx of property speculators, but rather a lack of
affordable housing, which, for example, forced young people to stay living with their
parents. In Vienna, the number of professionals has doubled in the past decade,
squeezing out poorer residents.
, “In the central parts of London,
housing is extremely expensive
and segregation is already high,”
says Maarten van Ham, professor
of urban renewal at Delft
University of Technology and the
University of St Andrews. Van
Ham co-authored a study, which
measured a range of variables
associated with segregation:
income, occupational status,
education and more.
http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/inequality/
London certainly is a very inequitable city. The richest 10% of its residents own 60% of the
city’s assets. The top 10th of London earners take home around 4.5 times as much as the
bottom 10th.
However, according to new research, and unlike many European cities, between 2001 and
2011, London did not actually become more economically segregated ... largely because the
city was so divided to start with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
fFgBFxEoEos
, Segregation has shot up in Madrid – due less to property speculation than a lack of
affordable housing. It is the city where segregation increased the most among the 13
studied was Madrid – not due to an influx of property speculators, but rather a lack of
affordable housing, which, for example, forced young people to stay living with their
parents. In Vienna, the number of professionals has doubled in the past decade,
squeezing out poorer residents.
, “In the central parts of London,
housing is extremely expensive
and segregation is already high,”
says Maarten van Ham, professor
of urban renewal at Delft
University of Technology and the
University of St Andrews. Van
Ham co-authored a study, which
measured a range of variables
associated with segregation:
income, occupational status,
education and more.
http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/inequality/
London certainly is a very inequitable city. The richest 10% of its residents own 60% of the
city’s assets. The top 10th of London earners take home around 4.5 times as much as the
bottom 10th.
However, according to new research, and unlike many European cities, between 2001 and
2011, London did not actually become more economically segregated ... largely because the
city was so divided to start with.
