Spatial inequalities and wellbeing : a multidisciplinary approach / edited by Camilla Lenzi (Professor, Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering) and Valeria Fedeli (Professor, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano, Italy).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lenzi, Camilla, editor.

Fedeli, Valeria, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Multidisciplinary movements in research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--Case studies.

Equality.

Well-being.

Sociology, Urban.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"Spatial Inequalities and Wellbeing represents a timely contribution to the literature tackling one of the most crucial concerns of modern times: the rise of inequalities and its far-reaching implications for individual wellbeing. Taking a multidisciplinary perspective, the book highlights the different types and sources of inequalities and identifies opportunities for policy action to tackle various inequalities at once. Featuring expert contributions from eminent scholars, this insightful book posits that policies themselves can produce deep inequalities at the spatial level while trying to reduce them and also explores how inequalities and marginalisation depress individual wellbeing and can become a threat to political and institutional stability. Chapters critically analyse the causes of spatial inequalities, ranging from education and housing to location in the largest cities. The book also highlights the negative consequences of these gaps widening, and emphasises how participatory and bottom-up interventions can contribute to narrowing such disparities at the micro-level. Academics, researchers and students in urban and regional studies; human geography; economics and finance; politics and public policy; and sociology and social policy will find this to be an informative read. Policymakers within these fields will equally find this to be a beneficial resource"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction: The interplay among inequalities, wellbeing and space.Camilla Lenzi and Valeria Fedeli

1. Spatial inequalities in an era of modern reindustrialization / Roberta Capello and Silvia Cerisola

2. Left behind places and local democracy: German small towns under the conditions of peripheralisation / Thilo Lang, Franziska Görmar, Stefan Haunstein and Martin Graffenberger

3. Resolving the urban wellbeing paradox: The role of education and social contact / Philip S. Morrison

4. Housing and urban-rural differences in subjective wellbeing in the Netherlands / Marloes Hoogerbrugge and Martijn J. Burger

5. Urbanization and the geography of societal discontent / Camilla Lenzi and Giovanni Perucca

6. Regional disparities in the sensitivity of wellbeing to poverty measures / Cristina Bernini, Silvia Emili and Maria Rosaria Ferrante

7. Spatial inequalities and international cooperation projects: A bottom-up wellbeing model for inclusion / Daniela De Leo and Valentina Vittoria Calabrese

8. Behind left and right - disentangling the voting behaviour of radical parties in Europe / Luise Koeppen, Dimitris Ballas, Arjen Edzes and Sierdjan Koster

9. Spatial justice: The contemporary uncertainties of the French model / Valeria Fedeli.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781802202632 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.