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Urban Poverty

Urban Poverty is a structural construct in urban sociology that denotes the systemic deprivation of economic, social, and material resources experienced by individuals and communities residing in urban areas, distinguished from broader poverty by its concentration in cities and its interconnection with spatial segregation, institutional exclusion, and infrastructural inadequacy.

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The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, The Underclass, and Public Policy.

Bernard C. Watson, William Julius Wilson · The Journal of Negro Education · 1988 · 6K citations

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When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor.

Daryl Michael Scott, William Julius Wilson · African American Review · 1998 · 3.6K citations

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When Work Disappears

William Julius Wilson · Political Science Quarterly · 1996 · 3.1K citations

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The asset vulnerability framework: Reassessing urban poverty reduction strategies

Caroline Moser · World Development · 1998 · 2K citations

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Poverty: A Study of Town Life.

L. L. Price, B. Seebohm Rowntree · The Economic Journal · 1902 · 2K citations · Full text

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  1. DM
    Diana Mitlin

    International Institute for Environment and Development, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 495 citations

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  2. DS
    David Satterthwaite

    International Institute for Environment and Development, United Kingdom

    15 publications · 944 citations

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  3. WJ
    William Julius Wilson

    Harvard University Press, United States

    16 publications · 14K citations

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  4. FW
    Fulong Wu

    University College London, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 818 citations

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    Greg J. Duncan

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    11 publications · 2.6K citations

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  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    20 h-index

    34 publications

    6.2K citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    19 h-index

    31 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    17 h-index

    24 publications

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  4. World Bank

    Washington, United States

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  5. International Institute for Environment and Development

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    21 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    16 h-index

    48 publications

    4.1K citations

  7. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    28 publications

    1K citations

  8. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    21 publications

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  1. Environment and Urbanization

    62 publications · 3.8K citations

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  2. Urban Studies

    44 publications · 4K citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 42 publications · 7.1K citations

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  4. Habitat International

    26 publications · 1.8K citations

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