GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: List Of Canadians By Net Worth, Visible Minority, Long Range Acoustic Device
1 Feb 2018
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Image of nyc from storymaps. esri. com (visual overlays of income disparity): Sharp income division between upper east side and harlem is a result of policy actions/policy/ not organic. The polarisation is stark; highest % of millionaires vs. Slum settlements are literally forced up against a mountain (cid:1005)/(cid:1007) of mu(cid:373)(cid:271)ai"s populatio(cid:374) (cid:373)akes <2(cid:1010) rupees a day. The (cid:373)ost egregious e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple of this is (cid:862)a(cid:374)tilla(cid:863), a true high rise for (cid:1005) fa(cid:373)ily. Income polarisation in the global city (def. of global city in lecture 2 notes) Riches 1% got 82% of the wealth in 2017; poorest half close to nothing. The 2 richest canadians have the same wealth as the poorest 30% Rise in income inequality in canada almost exclusive to major cities. I(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)e is(cid:374)"t just pur(cid:272)hasi(cid:374)g, it"s a(cid:271)out se(cid:272)urity, e. g. a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess to e(cid:373)erge(cid:374)(cid:272)y health(cid:272)are. But it faces similar trends to global cities. These cities have an increasingly similar social geography = Growing social and spatial polarisation; more clearly defined.
