Boosting income support payments beyond their current austere levels remains a crucial pillar of policy for governments genuinely committed to reducing persistent disadvantage.
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The patterns of colonial spatial violence that played out in Ghanaian cities echo around the world.
The Aztecs had a shining city on a lake, with canals, causeways and aqueducts – until the Spanish came. Mexico City is still suffering the consequences of their bad public health decisions.
High-density city living has been touted as a way to solve the problem of creating more sustainable, more liveable cities. But instead cities are only more liveable for a few.
From Santiago and La Paz to Beirut and Jakarta, many of the cities now gripped by protest share a common problem: They’ve grown too much, too fast.
Developing computer models can help us to study the structural causes of urban inequality.
Research shows marginalized communities are marked by a profound sense of community, supportive social networks – and resilience.
A study in Kenya found that that there’s an association between relatively higher economic status and obesity in a slum setting.
New Zealand’s coalition government plans to transition to a low-emissions economy while also addressing major urban issues such as unaffordable housing, inequality and poverty.
It’s not the first time a form of urban music from the black community has been purposefully associated with crime by the powers that be.
Despite increased global awareness about poor conditions in slums, the health of their inhabitants is a little studied phenomenon.
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Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Urban Infrastructure and Policy, UCL
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Policy Outreach Manager , African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Professor, Political Science, Georgia State University
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Dornsife Endowed Professor of Global Health, Drexel University
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Head of Urbanisation and Wellbeing, African Population and Health Research Center, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Brock University
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Lecturer , York St John University
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Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Ph.D. (Candidate) School of Planning, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
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Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Urban Geography, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Memphis
