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Indicators of Quality of Life in Latin AmericaMind the Gap: Monitoring Spatial Inequalities in Quality of Life Conditions (Case Study of Rosario)

Indicators of Quality of Life in Latin America: Mind the Gap: Monitoring Spatial Inequalities in... [Unequal quality of life conditions are one of the most visible forms of uneven and fragmented urban development. In several cities of the Global South and in Latin America in particular, there is concern about the gap between areas with low and high quality of life conditions. This concern usually carries the intention to reduce those spatial inequalities by targeting and improving areas with low quality of life conditions. This chapter presents a methodological approach to map, analyze, and monitor intra-urban quality of life variations. This approach is informed by a social justice perspective focusing on (1) how to critically select indicators, (2) how to communicate and visualize gaps, and (3) how to avoid cartographic misrepresentations of unjust situations. It draws from a case study in the city of Rosario, Argentina, where this approach has been empirically applied combining several data sources including census data from 1991, 2001, and 2010 as well as administrative data. The combination of both objective and subjective quality of life condition indicators proved to be useful to identify where some cartographic representations were underrepresenting people with low quality of life conditions. Critical and reflective selections of indicators and data sources have an influence in the way variations in quality of life conditions are represented. Moreover, the results show the importance of the recognition of the different scales at which quality of life inequalities are mapped in order to make gaps visible.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Indicators of Quality of Life in Latin AmericaMind the Gap: Monitoring Spatial Inequalities in Quality of Life Conditions (Case Study of Rosario)

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 62)
Editors: Tonon, Graciela
Martinez, Javier
Indicators of Quality of Life in Latin America — Mar 22, 2016
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
ISBN
978-3-319-28840-6
Pages
151 –172
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-28842-0_6
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Abstract

[Unequal quality of life conditions are one of the most visible forms of uneven and fragmented urban development. In several cities of the Global South and in Latin America in particular, there is concern about the gap between areas with low and high quality of life conditions. This concern usually carries the intention to reduce those spatial inequalities by targeting and improving areas with low quality of life conditions. This chapter presents a methodological approach to map, analyze, and monitor intra-urban quality of life variations. This approach is informed by a social justice perspective focusing on (1) how to critically select indicators, (2) how to communicate and visualize gaps, and (3) how to avoid cartographic misrepresentations of unjust situations. It draws from a case study in the city of Rosario, Argentina, where this approach has been empirically applied combining several data sources including census data from 1991, 2001, and 2010 as well as administrative data. The combination of both objective and subjective quality of life condition indicators proved to be useful to identify where some cartographic representations were underrepresenting people with low quality of life conditions. Critical and reflective selections of indicators and data sources have an influence in the way variations in quality of life conditions are represented. Moreover, the results show the importance of the recognition of the different scales at which quality of life inequalities are mapped in order to make gaps visible.]

Published: Mar 22, 2016

Keywords: Intra-urban quality of life; Inequality; Social justice; Indicators; Rosario (Argentina)

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