Tag: land use conflicts

• October 15, 2014

  Reflections on Inequality and large cities

  Interesting article on megacities and inequality entitled “Do cities widen the gap between rich and poor?” By Kristian Behrens and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud in World Economic Forum  Yet one pattern has gone largely unnoticed: inequality is especially strong in large cities. At least one-quarter of the increase in earnings inequality in the US during 1979-2007 is explained by…

• October 15, 2014

  Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology at UFZ

  The Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ (Germany) is likely one of the most appealing and advanced research centres I’ve seen in relation to urban and environmental studies. See bellow the short description provided in their website: The Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology at Helmholtz Centre…