So Close Yet so Unequal: Spatial Inequality in American Cities

How can urban redevelopment benefit existing low-income communities? The history of urban redevelopment is one of disruption of poor communities. Renewal historically offered benefits to the place while pushing out the people. In some cases, displacement is intentional, in others it is unintentional. Often, it is the byproduct of the quest for profits. Regardless of motives, traditional communities, defined by cultural connections, are often disrupted. Disadvantaged neighborhoods include vacant units, which diminish the community and hold back investment. In the postwar period, American cities entered into a program of urban renewal. While this program cleared blight, it also drove displacement among the cities’ poorest and was particularly hard on minority populations clustered in downtown slums. The consequences of these decisions continue to play out today. Concentration of poverty is increasing and American cities are becoming more segregated. As neighborhoods improve, poorer residents are uprooted and forced into even more distressed conditions, elsewhere. This paper examines the history of events impacting urban communities. It further reviews the successes and failures of efforts to benefit low-income communities.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Public Privacy: Restrooms in American Cities, 1869-1932.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.736669803.793565619 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Mary H Palmer

Keyword(s):

American Cities

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Analisis Wilayah Kecamatan Potensial Melalui Pendekatan Tipologi Klassen di Kabupaten Ende

Analisis ◽

10.37478/analisis.v19i1.322 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 39-49

Author(s):

Estherlina Sagajoka

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Population Data ◽

Spatial Inequality ◽

Theil Index ◽

Time Data ◽

Entropy Index ◽

Quantitative Descriptive Analysis ◽

Index Analysis ◽

The City

This study aims to determine the comparison of the results of the inequality analysis of economic development between districts / cities in the province of East Nusa Tenggara for the period of 2013-2018. The method used in this research is quantitative descriptive analysis using the Williamson index, and Theil Entropy Index, using time data per capita PDRB series and population data for each district / city in 2013-2018. The Williamson Index analysis results show that the economic development sector inequality in 21 districts in NTT province is very evenly distributed (low inequality) except for the city of Kupang, which has an Williamson Index value of 1.49 other than districts in NTT province in the period 2013-2018. The Intra Index Analysis Results show spatial inequality within the regency. The city of Nusa Tenggara Timur province is fairly evenly distributed within the regency except the city of Kupang shows an unequal inequality compared to 21 other districts. Through the Theil Entropy Index calculation of development inequality between 21 regencies and Kupang tend to widen (divergence) which has Theil Index of 798,15, while the other 21 districts in the 2013-2018 period have the Theil Entropy Index Index 211,26 for Regencies and TTS 201,11, while other districts have an index numberbelow 200.

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