Urbanization is linked to economic growth, and agglomeration economies mean that people
in larger cities are more productive. However, urban expansion is also associated with …

Fifty years after the national Kerner Commission report on urban unrest and fifty-three years
after California’s McCone Commission report on the 1965 Watts riots, substantial racial …

Mexico City is known as one of the largest cities in the world and thought by many to be one
of the most unequal. Not surprisingly, it has received more attention than other Mexican …

Economic segregation in urban areas is important to scholars and policymakers because it
is thought to exacerbate inequality in social outcomes such as education, social capital …

This paper provides a comparative assessment of income segregation in cities of 12
countries. We use spatial entropy indexes based on small‐scale gridded income data and …

The COVID-19 pandemic upended the world economy and significantly altered how people
work by imposing limits on in-person interactions. The policy response in places like …

South Los Angeles embodies a complex history that captures the dynamics of spatial inequality.
It is an area where some of the largest protests reacting to a system of racial oppression …

This chapter provides an assessment of income segregation levels within cities in 12
countries. It also provides an analysis of the characteristics of cities associated with income …

New transportation technologies are changing the ways we travel. This paper examines the
institutional obstacles to not only adopting these technologies but deploying them in a way …

This article aims to analyze the evolution of Brazilian criminal organization Primeiro Comando
da Capital (PCC—First Command of the Capital), especially its transformation from a …