Inequalities across regions in Europe are a matter of great interest to policy makers and politicians as well as members of the general public. Numerous studies have shown that income inequalities across European regions are large and persistent (Quah, 1996; Esteban, 2000). Interestingly, the...

Premature mortality exhibits strong spatial patterns in Great Britain. Local authorities that are located further North and West, that are more distant from its political centre London and that are more urban tend to have a higher premature mortality rate. Premature mortality also tends to...

Changes in policy over the last thirty years, particularly within advanced economies, have allowed for increased financialization, deregulation and globalisation of housing. What differentiates real-estate from other financial markets is that it possesses a salient socio-spatial geography....