Pathways to Equitable Healthy Cities

Poverty & Inequality Working Group Monthly Meeting Minutes- 2021.09.08

Meeting Minutes – September 8^th, 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?
• 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

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 13^th, 2021

• Montreal 9 am
• London 2 pm
• Accra 1pm
• Dhaka 7 pm
• Beijing 9 pm