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| List of figures | |
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| List of tables | |
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| List of boxes | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Why this book? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The transition to an increasingly urbanized world | |
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| How we came to be engaged in this issue | |
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| Some notes on terminologies used | |
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| Measuring poverty | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Understating urban poverty | |
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| The unrealistic criteria used to set poverty lines | |
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| Costs for non-food essentials | |
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| Other limitations of poverty lines | |
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| A framework for considering the multiple deprivations | |
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| Why is health so poor among low-income urban dwellers? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The determinants of health for urban populations | |
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| Factors leading to poor health | |
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| Urban poverty and mortality | |
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| Urban poverty and nutrition | |
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| Urban poverty and morbidity | |
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| Urban poverty and environment | |
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| Urban poverty and disasters | |
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| Urban poverty and climate change | |
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| Incomes and livelihoods | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Understanding the informal economy | |
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| Securing income | |
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| Labour and livelihoods | |
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| Gender and generation | |
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| Economies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Critical issues in urban inequality | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Why inequality matters | |
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| Approaches and frameworks | |
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| The experience of income inequalities | |
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| 'Urban 'inequality: The nexus between income, access to infrastructure and services and residential areas | |
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| Political inequalities | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Broadening the understanding and measurement of urban poverty | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Understanding the multiple deprivations associated with urban poverty | |
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| Implications for incorporating the many dimensions of deprivation into poverty assessments and measurements | |
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| Implications for reducing poverty | |
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| The opportunities for enhancing income, consumption and services | |
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| Implications for the measurement of urban poverty | |
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| Urban poverty and health | |
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| Comparing urban and rural poverty? | |
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| Addressing inequality | |
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| What is needed in a post-MDG world | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |