《Dynamic-IMD (D-IMD): Introducing activity spaces to deprivation measurement in London, Birmingham and Liverpool》

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作者
Sam Comber;Souneil Park;Daniel Arribas-Bel
来源
CITIES,Vol.127,Issue1,Article 103733
语言
英文
关键字
Activity spaces;Deprivation measurement;Urban mobility;Time-space geography;IMD;Socio-economic inequality
作者单位
Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, Roxby Building, Liverpool L69 7ZT, United Kingdom;Torre Telefónica Diagonal 00, Plaza de Ernest Lluch i Martín, 5, 08019 Barcelona, Spain;Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, Roxby Building, Liverpool L69 7ZT, United Kingdom;Torre Telefónica Diagonal 00, Plaza de Ernest Lluch i Martín, 5, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
摘要
Indicators of deprivation intersect a variety of disciplinary contexts. In this article, we build a multi-space measure of deprivation by introducing urban mobilities derived from location footprints of nearly three million mobile phone users. Traditionally, experiences of deprivation have been estimated through a lens fixed to residential spaces, which overlooks the likelihood individuals experience deprivation beyond that implied by where they live. By quantifying how exposure to deprivation varies by human movement patterns across three English cities, we construct a Dynamic Index of Multiple Deprivation (D-IMD). Analysis of this measure highlights how deprivation exposure converges to a more homogenous middle ground, which implies the deprivation gap lessens as individuals across the socio-economic spectrum coalesce in spaces that exhibit similar environmental conditions. Using a hypothetical example, our D-IMD measure identifies 185 neighbourhoods that would enter England's eligibility criteria for funding opportunity intended to alleviate socio-economic inequality and hardship. These practical implications are extensible to international contexts that mobilise deprivation indices in similar ways to English institutions.