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Area of Science:

  • Urban Studies
  • Development Economics
  • Geographic Information Systems

Background:

  • Global population growth is increasingly urbanized, necessitating significant infrastructure expansion.
  • Current understanding of infrastructure inequalities and their link to sustainable development is limited.
  • Addressing these disparities is critical for equitable global development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine country-level infrastructure distribution biases using satellite data.
  • To analyze the associations between infrastructure inequalities, urbanization, and economic development.
  • To identify trends and future projections of infrastructure inequality, particularly in the Global South.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized satellite data from 2000 to 2019.
  • Employed population-adjusted analysis of infrastructure distribution.
  • Examined inequalities within and between regions of varying urbanization levels.

Main Results:

  • Found positive long-run associations between infrastructure inequalities and both urbanization and economic development.
  • Observed increasing infrastructure inequalities in most examined countries.
  • Projected greater future increases in infrastructure inequality in the Global South, especially in countries with urban primacy.
  • Noted that infrastructure inequality may evolve differently from economic inequalities.

Conclusions:

  • Sustainable development requires intentional infrastructure planning to ensure spatial equity.
  • Rising infrastructure inequalities pose a challenge to achieving equitable urbanization and economic growth.
  • Future research should focus on targeted interventions to mitigate growing disparities.