Overview
- offers new research findings from a range of census, survey and administrative data sources
- covers key substantive themes of applied and policy-related significance
- includes case studies of applications of a range of quantitative techniques
Part of the book series: Understanding Population Trends and Processes (UPTA, volume 2)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Inequality is one of the major problems of the contemporary world. Significant geographical disparities exist within nations of the developed world, as well as between these countries and those referred to as the ‘South’ in the Bruntland Report. Issues of equity and deprivation must be addressed in view of sustainable development. However, before policymakers can remove the obstacles to a fairer world, it is essential to understand the nature of inequality, both in terms of its spatial and socio-demographic characteristics.
This second volume in the series contains population studies that examine the disparities evident across geographical space in the UK and between different individuals or groups. Topics include demographic and social change, deprivation, happiness, cultural consumption, ethnicity, gender, employment, health, religion, education and social values. These topics and the relationships between them are explored using secondary data from censuses, surveys or administrative records.
In volume 1 the findings of research on fertility, living arrangements, care and mobility are examined. Volume 3 will focus on ethnicity and integration.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Book covers some of the outputs arising from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded Understanding Population Trends and Processes (UPTAP) programme. … of interest to human geographers, sociologists, demographers, and those in some branches of political science. … The book deals with topics that are important to people, such as the social direction in which their areas are moving, political attitudes, and health. … it would probably be of interest to a wide readership, encompassing academics, students, and interested members of the public.” (Ian Shuttleworth, Population Studies, Vol. 67 (3), 2013)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spatial and Social Disparities
Editors: John Stillwell, Paul Norman, Claudia Thomas, Paula Surridge
Series Title: Understanding Population Trends and Processes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8750-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8749-2Published: 03 June 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3227-8Published: 05 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-8750-8Published: 14 June 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 300
Topics: Demography, Public Health, Population Economics, Quality of Life Research