Chapter Measuring urban inequalities. Spatial patterns of service access in sixteenth-century Leiden

This contribution develops a broader understanding of well-being in premodern towns and by using digital methods to map social and economic inequalities, thereby drawing on insights from research on socio-spatial equity from urban studies. The key questions are how socio-economic inequality was refl...

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Autor principal: van Steensel, Arie
Formato: Online
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Firenze University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:ONIX_20220601_9788855180535_221
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Sumario:This contribution develops a broader understanding of well-being in premodern towns and by using digital methods to map social and economic inequalities, thereby drawing on insights from research on socio-spatial equity from urban studies. The key questions are how socio-economic inequality was reflected in the urban social topography and to what extent these spatial patterns reproduced inequality. Taking sixteenth-century Leiden as a case study, the spatial patterns of economic inequality and social segregation in this town are first examined. Next, the level of location-based inequality is explored by mapping and calculating urban spatial patterns of service accessibility.