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America’s Poorest and Most Affluent Counties, 1980 to 2010

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Authors:
  1. Wendy Shaw

    1. Department of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, USA

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  • Explores spatial aspects of both poverty and affluence in the U.S
  • Focuses on national level geographies using the spatial scale of the county
  • Reveals the geographic landscape of inequality in the U.S. from 1980 to 2010

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Geography (BRIEFSGEOGRAPHY)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Wendy Shaw
    Pages 1-4

  3. Data and Methodology

    • Wendy Shaw
    Pages 5-6

  4. The Geography of Poverty in United States at the Spatial Scale of the County

    • Wendy Shaw
    Pages 7-18

  5. The Geography of Affluence in the United States at the Spatial Scale of the County

    • Wendy Shaw
    Pages 19-32

  6. Changes over the Study Period

    • Wendy Shaw
    Pages 33-42

  7. Characteristics of Poor Versus Affluent Counties

    • Wendy Shaw
    Pages 43-55

  8. Summary and Conclusions

    • Wendy Shaw
    Pages 57-61

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 63-64
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About this book

This book explores the changing spatial distribution of the United States of America's poorest and most affluent counties over the 30 years from 1980 to 2010. While overall rates of poverty have changed somewhat during this period, the geography of counties where affluence and poverty rates are the highest have also shifted as economic fortunes wax and wane. The spatial understanding of poverty and affluence is an important dimension of addressing the complex economic and social contexts within which poverty occurs, and which vary substantially depending on several factors. While there has been significant focus on poverty in the United States, including some analysis of its spatial characteristics, since the 1960s there has been relatively little research on the concomitant geography of affluence. The geographies of poverty and affluence analyzed in this book give a view of spatial economic segregation. Spatial aspects of both the poorest and most affluent counties are focused on, aswell as the changing gap and relative geographies between rich and poor over three decades.  

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, USA

    Wendy Shaw

About the author

Dr. Wendy Shaw is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She received her MS in Geography from the University of Arkansas and a PhD in Geography from the University of Georgia in 1994. Her research interests focus on spatial aspects United States poverty, and the spatial inequality that exists based on characteristics such as race, gender, and educational opportunity.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: America’s Poorest and Most Affluent Counties, 1980 to 2010

  • Authors: Wendy Shaw

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Geography

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75340-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75339-9Published: 29 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-75340-5Published: 28 August 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2211-4165

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-4173

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 64

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geography, general, Economic Geography, Regional/Spatial Science

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