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Measuring urban inequalities. Spatial patterns of service access in sixteenth-century Leiden

  • Arie Van Steensel

This contribution develops a broader understanding of well-being in premodern towns and by using digital methods to map social and economic inequalities, thereby drawing on insights from research on socio-spatial equity from urban studies. The key questions are how socio-economic inequality was reflected in the urban social topography and to what extent these spatial patterns reproduced inequality. Taking sixteenth-century Leiden as a case study, the spatial patterns of economic inequality and social segregation in this town are first examined. Next, the level of location-based inequality is explored by mapping and calculating urban spatial patterns of service accessibility.

  • Keywords:
  • economic inequality,
  • economic history,
  • low countries,
  • leiden,
  • pre-industrial age,
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Arie Van Steensel

University of Groningen, Netherlands - ORCID: 0000-0003-3439-264X

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Chapter Title

Measuring urban inequalities. Spatial patterns of service access in sixteenth-century Leiden

Authors

Arie Van Steensel

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English

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10.36253/978-88-5518-053-5.24

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Disuguaglianza economica nelle società preindustriali: cause ed effetti / Economic inequality in pre-industrial societies: causes and effect

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Giampiero Nigro

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