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What is spatial inequality?
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Spatial inequality is the uneven distribution of people, opportunities, resources, and environmental risks across urban space.
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3 Spatial Inequality and Urban Life Free Online FlashCards
Study 3 Spatial Inequality and Urban Life with 12 free online flashcards. Review key terms, definitions, and concepts with this interactive flashcard deck.
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How do housing location and cost shape opportunity?
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A home’s location affects access to jobs, services, transport, and social networks; its cost helps determine who can live there.
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What can happen when well-serviced housing is scarce?
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When well-serviced housing is scarce, lower-income households may face overcrowding, insecure tenure, homelessness, or displacement to areas with fewer services.
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What is residential segregation?
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Residential segregation is the uneven distribution of social groups across neighbourhoods.
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When is residential segregation a central concern?
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Segregation is not automatically harmful; the key concern is whether separation is linked to unequal opportunities, services, or exposure to risk.
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How can neighbourhood disadvantage reinforce itself?
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Limited investment can mean fewer services and weaker employment connections, making it harder for a neighbourhood to attract resources and improve conditions.
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What determines access to an urban service besides distance?
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Access also depends on service quality, opening hours, cost, disability access, safety, and transport reliability—not just physical distance.
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How can unequal public transport access deepen urban inequality?
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Uneven or unreliable transit can limit access to jobs and services, while long journeys consume residents’ time and income.
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What are examples of uneven urban environmental burdens?
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Some neighbourhoods face greater air pollution, traffic danger, heat, or flood risk while having fewer parks and other protective amenities.
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What shapes urban health beyond medical care?
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Urban health is shaped by housing, transport, employment, food access, and the built environment, as well as medical care.
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What indicators can researchers use to compare neighbourhoods?
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Researchers compare measures such as income, housing costs, service availability, travel times, health outcomes, and environmental exposure.
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How can geographic scale affect inequality measurements?
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Large districts can hide differences between adjoining neighbourhoods, while very small areas can make broad patterns harder to see.
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