HIST 1377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Health Equity, Manuel Franco, Digital Divide
Document Summary
Katrina highlighted the immobile population of new orleans. Those who did not provided the lasting images of katrina. A great deal of attention in the last two decades has been focussed on the. Digital divide, the concern that unequal access to new forms of technology are leaving people behind based on race and class. Alarming disparity in car ownership made a signi cant di erence between life and death for gulf coast residents. One in four black households do not own a car. In 11 areas with the highest incidence and future risk of hurricanes, people without cars are disproportionately people of color. Public transport to outlying suburban areas are weak. Bias towards private automobile ownership in transportation planning and nations large racial wealth gap. Over the last century, urban planning and suburban sprawl have hard-wired out dependence on automobiles. Lack of transportation was a leading factor in children missing doctor"s appointments.
