Where the Grass is Greener: Living in an Unequal World

affluence allocation American city areas average basic Bogotá Britain Callao capita income capital capitalist Carabayllo cent Central centres chapter compared concentration consumption countries countryside D. M. Smith deprivation differentiation distribution districts doctors economic élite environment equality Estonia Europe example facilities Figure geographical Gini coefficient GNP per capita growth hospital beds housing indicators individual industrial infant mortality inner investment labour level of living Lima living standards London Lorenz curve major measures metropolis metropolitan microdistricts nations North organization pattern Peru physicians places planning political poor popn population poverty primate city problem production pueblos jovenes ratio relatively republics residential RSFSR rural scale shows Siberia slums social services socialist society Source of data South South Africa Soviet spatial standard scores structure suburbs Table Third World tion town underdeveloped world unequal uneven development urban USSR variations workers