Urbanization, inequality and the future of development | Benjamin Bradlow

About this episode

Dan Banik speaks with Benjamin Bradlow about urban inequality and the factors influencing access to essential services in rapidly growing cities.

Dan Banik speaks with Benjamin Bradlow about urban inequality, informal settlements, and why access to housing, sanitation, and transport remains so unequal in many of the world’s fastest-growing cities. The conversation explores how local politics, state capacity, and civil society shape whether cities become spaces of exclusion or inclusion.

People in this episode

Host: Dan Banik

Guest: Benjamin Bradlow

Topics covered

• urbanization
• inequality
• development
• housing
• sanitation
• transport
• local politics

Keywords

• urban inequality
• informal settlements
• housing access
• sanitation
• transport inequality
• local politics
• civil society

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Places: world

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