Poverty Risk Index as A New Methodology for Social Inequality Distribution Assessment

World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium - WMCAUS

土木建筑工程

Swiader, Malgorzata^1 ; Szewraski, Szymon^1 ; Kazak, Jan^1

Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Spatial Economy, Wroclaw, Poland^1

关键词: Development patterns;    Diagnostic features;    Economic development;    Measurement and analysis;    Public policy makers;    Rapid urbanizations;    Social inequalities;    Urban development;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/245/7/072021/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/245/7/072021

学科分类：土木及结构工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The paper presents new concept of poverty risk index measurement due to dynamics of urban development among years. The rapid urbanization could seriously surpass the capacity of the most cities, which may lead to insufficient services of their inhabitants. Consequence of this situation could be polarized, social differentiated cities with high rates of urban poverty. The measurement and analysis of urban poverty phenomenon requires the dedicated tools and techniques. The data based assessment could allow planners and public policy makers to develop more socially integrated cities. This paper presents analysis of urban poverty phenomenon in Wroclaw city (Poland) during period 2010-2012. This analysis was conducted for ten Social Assistance Terrain Units (SATU) delineated at the city area. Our primary study objective concerns the proposal and calculation of poverty risk index based on diagnostic features, which represent the most common causes of social benefits granting, as: number of single households granted permanent benefits, number of people in families granted permanent benefits, number of people in families granted temporary benefits due to unemployment, number of people in families granted temporary benefits due to disability, number of people in families granted meals for children. The calculation was conducted by using the theory of development pattern - Hellwig's economic development measure. The analysis of poverty risk index showed that commonly the central and south-eastern part of the city is characterized by the highest poverty risk index. The obtained results of the inequalities spatial distribution relate to European and American patterns of poverty concentration in urban structures.