Social and environmental inequalities and injustice in the rural uplands of England

Annemarieke de Bruin; Piran C. L. White; Steve Cinderby; Meg Huby

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Social and environmental inequalities and injustice in the rural uplands of England

Annemarieke de Bruin, Piran C. L. White, Steve Cinderby, Meg Huby

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Inequalities may lead to injustice, and are recognized increasingly as contributing to a wide range of social problems. The English uplands are characterized by low population densities, few services and low household incomes compared with other rural areas, giving rise to the potential for injustice. We use a dataset combining social, economic and environmental variables to develop a new integrative characterization of rural areas in England. We show that, despite lower income and fewer services, upland areas have some advantages compared with other rural areas, such as greater social and environmental 'richness', less pollution and less reported crime. For the more financially- and physically-mobile people living in upland areas, these benefits may outweigh the costs. However, for other sectors of society, such as the young, the old and the disabled, there may be a sense of injustice stemming from the lack of affordable housing, transport and other public services.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	266-284
Number of pages	19
Journal	Critical Social Policy
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018310396034
Publication status	Published - May 2011

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accessibility
disadvantage
interdisciplinary
pollution
remoteness

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