Spatial Inequalities

Contributors.- Acknowledgments.- Part I: Introduction: 1: Introduction to the Accra School: An Overview of Health, Poverty, and Place in Accra: John R. Weeks, Allan G. Hill, and Justin Stoler.- Part II: Accra's Urban Morphology and Neighborhood Structure.- 2: Defining Neighborhood Boundaries for Urban Health Research: A Case Study of Accra, Ghana: Ryan Engstrom, Caetlin Ofiesh, David Rain, Henry Jewell, and John Weeks.- 3: Neighborhoods of Health: Comparing boundaries for measuring contextual effects on health in Accra, Ghana: Marta Jankowska.- 4: Delineation and Classification of Urban Neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana, from Quickbird Imagery: Manual vs. Semi-Automated Approaches: Christopher D. Lippitt, Douglas A. Stow, Sory Toure, and Milo Vejraska.- 5: Methods for Texture-based Classification of Urban Fringe Areas from Medium and High Resolution Satellite Imagery: Lasse Møller-Jensen.- Part III: Health and Well-being in Accra's Neighborhoods: 6: Exploring Social Resilience among Young Migrants in Old Fadama, an Accra Slum: Raymond Asare Tutu.- 7: Researching Urban Slum Health in Nima, a Slum in Accra: Emmanuel Aggrey-Korsah, Joseph Oppong.- 8: What if Neighbors' Neighborhoods Differ? The Influence of Neighborhood Definitions of Health Outcomes in Accra: Alex Zvoleff, Li An, Justin Stoler, John R. Weeks.- 9: Living Arrangements and Fertility: A Case Study in Southern Ghana: Magdalena Benza.- 10: Fertility in Context: Exploring Egocentric Neighborhoods in Accra: John R. Weeks, Justin Stoler, Allan G. Hill, Alex Zvoleff.- Part IV: Neighborhood Structure: Implications for the Future Provision of Health Services: 11: The Sachet Water Phenomenon in Accra: Socioeconomic, Environmental, and Public Health Implications for Water Security.- Justin Stoler.- 12: Healthcare Access In Three Residential Neighborhoods In Accra, Ghana: Godwin Arku, Paul Mkandawire, Isaac Luginaah, and Philip Baiden.- 13: Food Securityin Accra: Anna Carla Lopez-Carr.- Index.

"Spatial Inequalities is a collection of papers emanating from a series of integrated studies examining demographic, health, and wellbeing outcomes in the city of Accra, Ghana. ... I enjoyed the book as a whole and especially as a vehicle to help better understand the interplay of health, poverty, and place in Accra, but for this reviewer a notable strength of the book was the recurring focus on conceptual, methodological, and analytical issues." (Stephen A. Matthews, Spatial Demography, Vol. 3, 2015)