This article presents the findings of a study aimed at explaining the extent of the cognitive gap between secondary schools in Bogotá in 2021, as well as identifying its key determinants. While factors such as the presence of public educational institutions, student-to-teacher ratios, and student food insecurity play a role, the central hypothesis ...
In recent decades, rising social disparities in European cities have structured new forms of urban inequalities. Employing an innovative analysis approach based on statistical, geographical, and spatial methods, this paper aims to explore the social geography of population groups in Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle upon Tyne by examining how th...
With the acceleration of urbanization and profound socioeconomic changes, the influx of people from various social strata into cities has led to the phenomenon of residential segregation. Currently, the international community has accumulated profound theoretical foundations and rich practical experiences in the study of residential segregation. Th...
Residential segregation refers to the phenomenon where people of different socioeconomic backgrounds live in spatially separated areas. It is essential to ensure equitable access to urban amenities for all residents in pursuit of the normative values in urban planning. To achieve this planning goal, the disparity in accessibility to urban amenities...
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To test associations between neighborhood social, built, and ambient environment characteristics and multidimensional sleep health in Hispanic/Latino adults. METHODS: Data were from San Diego-based Hispanic/Latino adults mostly of Mexican heritage enrolled in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (N = 342). Home add...
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To test associations between neighborhood social, built, and ambient environment characteristics and multidimensional sleep health in Hispanic/Latino adults. Data were from San Diego-based Hispanic/Latino adults mostly of Mexican heritage enrolled in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (N = 342). Home addresses were geocoded to asc...
One of the most present challenges within today's society is the growing residential segregation and how it can be mitigated and prevented. Increased residential segregation implicates social differences between individuals and unequal accessibility to resources and opportunities. Citizens are in many cases divided into geographical areas based on ...
Urban models are fundamental in the theoretical and empirical discussions about cities. However, the Latin American city models proposed by German geographers have not been questioned much despite their use, and there are few studies outside the large metropolitan areas. Therefore, this article, using geodemography, seeks to identify whether there ...
The environment—defined here as the physical, chemical, biological, and social factors external to a person—has a significant role in the emergence, transmission, and severity of infectious diseases. Further, emerging infectious diseases take on new urgency in the context of climate change, growing populations, and persistent social inequity. In th...
This paper explores the quality of life of non-self-sufficient immigrants in Sweden,focusing on their residential patterns while controlling for individual characteristics.We find large differences in both individual and locational attributes across incomelevels and ethnic backgrounds, illustrating that the status of ‘immigrant’ is far frombeing a ...
