Meeting Minutes – September 8th, 2021
Dhaka (Zahid/Rafiul)
- Reviewed recent poverty mapping work
- Discussed linking other SES data to poverty maps
- Slum distribution
- Housing structures
- Urban greeneries
- TBD: What is the driving Research Question/ Rationale?
- Discussed linking other SES data to poverty maps
- Edit review paper to resubmit at a different outlet
Beijing (Yan Li)
- In process of drafting paper on SES status
- Started discussion with Anzhen hospital about linking SES data to mortality data
- Analysis at district level (>100 districts)
- Living area is more closely related to respiratory diseases
Accra/Vancouver (Alicia)
- Ghana
- Draft of paper on household choice vs neighborhood effects in Accra is being prepared for submission to journals
- Developing project that compares Multi-Dimensional Inequality in Accra and Kumasi through the lens of SDGs (economic, social, environment)
- Can economic inequality account for other types of inequalities?
- Examining dimensions in relationship to other SES groups
- **Need to identify policy goal for analysis**
- Canada
- Using mobility methods to examine neighborhood change in Vancouver, (Montreal, & Toronto) to determine whether neighborhood change is being driven by internal urban processes or broader macroeconomic processes (i.e. inequality and growth)
- Census Data (2001-2016, every 5 years)
- Use average total income to examine local trajectories
- In cities with high levels of inequality, we expect change to be driven more by local conditions and social dynamics (e.g. segregation, institutional interventions)
- Can we link this to the environmental justice/neighborhood effects literatures that examine how neighborhood conditions are associated with amenities/burdens
- Census Data (2001-2016, every 5 years)
- Using mobility methods to examine neighborhood change in Vancouver, (Montreal, & Toronto) to determine whether neighborhood change is being driven by internal urban processes or broader macroeconomic processes (i.e. inequality and growth)
Action Items:
- Develop clear cut policy goals and RQs for current projects
- Follow up with Dhaka/Accra work to discuss linking additional SES data
Next Meeting:
October 13th, 2021
- Montreal 9 am
- London 2 pm
- Accra 1pm
- Dhaka 7 pm
- Beijing 9 pm