Spatial Inequalities and Wellbeing A Multidisciplinary Approach
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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<i>‘The work is presented through up-to-date and scholarly comparative chapters that are immensely topical and timely. Contemporary European societies are facing the twin trends of growing socio-economic disparities between people and places, and the expansion of a regressive political populism that is undermining attempts to foster greater cohesion. This book contributes to the development and re-assertion of progressive agendas founded on social justice and the propagation of well-being.’</i>
- Mike Raco, University College London, UK,
<i>‘</i>Spatial Inequalities and Wellbeing: A Multidisciplinary Approach<i> is a brilliant and original contribution to the analysis of the new spatial dimension of social inequalities in EU countries. Through the innovative lens of a multi-scalar perspective, the book deals with different aspects of the challenges related to spatial inequalities and wellbeing, using different disciplinary approaches ranging from regional economics to urban studies, from economic and urban geography to planning.’</i>
- Gabriele Pasqui, Politecnico di Milano, Italy,
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.