Meehan, K., Jurjevich, J.R., Everitt, L. et al. Urban inequality, the housing crisis and deteriorating water access in US cities. Nat Cities

Objective:

• Identify key trends in the changing nature of urban inequality as it relates to the social reproduction of US households through the lens of water access

Case:

• US

Methodology:

• Indicator

Data Source

• ACS

Findings:

• The story of water access inequality in the US has morphed from a predominantly rural to a majority urban problem

• 71.7% US households without running water in cities

• Housing financial crisis pushed more household into plumbing poverty

• Subdistricts located in the center layer generally featured the lowest average HUEs across China; with an increase in spatial distance to the city center

Coding Reference:

• R