Poverty in urban areas

The scale of urban poverty is vastly underestimated. Defining poverty solely based on income (even if food and non-food costs are accurately included) misses many of the deprivations that are part of poverty and consequently the touch points for addressing them.

 

There is widespread recognition in city and community studies of the very large scale of urban poverty and that it includes many deprivations. These are listed in this diagram, and grouped together under related headings.

 

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