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About Urban Inequality in the Americas
This guide provides selected course-specific resources for SO442: Urban Inequality in the Americas.
Featured Resource: Pew Research Center
- Trust in America: How do Americans view economic inequality? (Pew Research Center) Economic inequality in the U.S. has been rising steadily over the past few decades, and this increase has not gone unnoticed by Americans. In this episode of our Trust in America video series, our researchers explain views of economic inequality and trust in the U.S. economic system. They discuss how Americans feel about the economic system in this country, the impact economic inequality has on people’s lives, and who the public thinks should be responsible for reducing it.
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- An introduction to DUIA: The database on urban inequality and amenities (PLOS ONE) This article introduces DUIA, the Database on Urban Inequality and Amenities. DUIA includes data on the socio-economic development and amenities of 86 cities. The database especially covers cities outside the West, providing new opportunities for comparative research in fields suffering from a dearth of data.
