Distributive politics and spatial equity: the allocation of public investment in Chile

Livert, Felipe; Gainza, Xabier

doi:10.1080/00343404.2017.1309013

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“…Currently, the study of spatial equity in urban and metropolitan areas is again receiving attention in academic circles, particularly with regard to the provision of public services and facilities [36,[39][40][41][42][43] but also with regard to social policy [9]. The objectives of social policy include guaranteeing equity in all areas and ensuring an adequate provision of public services for all citizens, particularly those at risk of exclusion.…”

Section: Equity and Urban Quality Of Life: The Objective Of Social Sumentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Sustainability in Metropolitan Areas: Accessibility and Equity in the Case of the Metropolitan Area of Valencia (Spain)

Garrido

2018

Sustainability

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By definition, sustainable development includes environmental, economic and social dimensions. Scholars have paid little attention to the latter, although greater interest has been seen in recent years due to the growing strength of the idea that development without equity is not development. Within this context, moreover, urban spaces present complex structures that make it difficult to address sustainable development goals without adequate territorial planning. The aims of the present article are twofold: to expound a conceptual line of thinking to define the social dimension of sustainability-while aware that it is inseparable from the other two-and to propose a simple measurement method based on the accessibility of public services. This method uses time-distance as the measure through which to understand socio-spatial equity. It is based on using GIS tools for a case study-in this case, the city of Valencia-and on the concept of spatial equity as the basis of social sustainability.

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Section: Equity and Urban Quality Of Life: The Objective Of Social Sumentioning

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Social Sustainability in Metropolitan Areas: Accessibility and Equity in the Case of the Metropolitan Area of Valencia (Spain)

Garrido

2018

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“…In Greece and Turkey, for example, regions with many core supporters are rewarded with public investment expenditure (Lambrinidis, Psycharis, & Rovolis, 2005;Luca & Rodríguez-Pose, 2015;Rodríguez-Pose, Psycharis, & Tselios, 2016). In Chile, the central government grants large amounts of public investment expenditure to regions in which the mayor is politically aligned with the central government (Livert & Gainza, 2018). Previous studies considered how the political alignment of politicians active in different layers of government in federal states (e.g., national and state level or state and local level) and central states (e.g., in central government and in prefectures) influenced spatial inequalities in the granting of transfers and public goods.…”

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The urban–rural gap in healthcare infrastructure: does government ideology matter?

Potrafke

Roesel

2019

Regional Studies

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Spatial inequalities in publicly provided goods such as healthcare facilities have substantial socioeconomic effects. Little is known, however, about why publicly provided goods diverge among urban and rural regions. This study exploits narrow parliamentary majorities in German states between 1950 and 2014 in a regression discontinuity (RD) framework to show that government ideology influences the urban-rural gap in public infrastructure. Left-wing governments relocate hospital beds from rural regions. It is proposed that left-wing governments do so to gratify their more urban constituencies. In turn, spatial inequalities in hospital infrastructure increase, which seems to influence general and infant mortality.

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“…In Spain, the central and local government try to balance equity and efficiency when they allocate infrastructure investment, the central government pays more attention to the equity of investment while local government pays more attention to the efficiency of investment [92]. In Chile and Pakistan, equity is viewed as an important standard for infrastructure investment allocation as well [5,93]. However, UII allocation is influenced by many factors such as complicated political and economic factors, thus the principle of equity usually fails to be implemented on the ground [5].…”

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“…Indeed, a city's administrative level and geographic location are regarded as very important factors of the UII amount in many countries [5,90,93,94]. Especially in China, the administrative level and geographic location are regarded as the major determinants of UII by many studies, and many scholars have analyzed the UII inequality between different administrative levels or different regions [13,24,26,36,37].…”

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Inequality, Bi-Polarization and Mobility of Urban Infrastructure Investment in China’s Urban System

Tao

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:In periods of rapid urbanization, investment in urban infrastructure should not only meet the increasing demands of all urban people, but also be equally allocated between cities to achieve social equity and sustainable development. This paper aimed to conduct quantitative research on the unbalance of urban infrastructure investment between cities in China. The measurement models for inequality, bi-polarization and the mobility of urban infrastructure investment were constructed by means of the Gini coefficient, bi-polarization index and mobility function from the urban system, and an empirical study was conducted based on panel data from 2006 to 2014. The results show that: (1) The overall inequality of urban infrastructure investment in China's urban system was relatively prominent and showed a "U-shaped" change generally. (2) The inequality between different administrative levels or regional cities only partially accounted for the overall inequality of China's urban system. (3) Inequality and bi-polarization showed inconsistent performance. (4) Mobility played a positive role in reducing the inequality and bi-polarization. Based on the empirical findings and the reality of China's urban infrastructure investment and financing, targeted policy suggestions were proposed in terms of adjusting inequality and bi-polarization, innovating investment and financing mechanisms, and optimizing urban infrastructure investment strategies.

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Distributive politics and spatial equity: the allocation of public investment in Chile

Cited by 32 publications

References 44 publications

Social Sustainability in Metropolitan Areas: Accessibility and Equity in the Case of the Metropolitan Area of Valencia (Spain)

Social Sustainability in Metropolitan Areas: Accessibility and Equity in the Case of the Metropolitan Area of Valencia (Spain)

The urban–rural gap in healthcare infrastructure: does government ideology matter?

Inequality, Bi-Polarization and Mobility of Urban Infrastructure Investment in China’s Urban System

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