Spatial inequality as poverty across places and their populations

Linda M. Lobao () and Gregory Hooks ()

Chapter 4 in Rethinking Spatial Inequality, 2025, pp 86-106 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In this first of four substantive chapters, we focus on socioeconomic disparities, the central domain by which the concept of spatial inequality has been understood and studied. We apply arguments made in the anchoring chapters to the case of poverty, a common marker of these disparities. Extensive research exists on the territorial dimensions of poverty, but it has limitations. Moving forward our discussion of the forces reproducing spatial inequalities (in Chapter 3), we advance a conceptual framework centered on poverty at the subnational scale across localities. By scrutinizing poverty as a domain of well-being, we offer an example of how we might bridge perspectives on social stratification among populations and perspectives on uneven development, and show how existing research can be improved with an enhanced spatial inequality approach.

Keywords: Spatial inequality; Poverty; Poverty across places; Rural poverty; Poverty at the subnational scale; Poverty across local populations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781803926124
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