ABSTRACT

Gender inequality is entrenched in the cultural, political and market systems that operate at household, community, and national levels. Global changes in market access, climatic conditions, and the availability of natural resources intensify disparities in income, in assets and in power among genders. This book aims to explain these gender dynamics at macro and micro levels through GIS and spatial analysis. The first part of the book introduces key concepts of how to integrate GIS in gender inequality research. The second part presents more in-depth case studies, carefully selected such as mapping gender-based violence, gender-inequality in the labor force, refugee mapping, etc.

chapter 1|38 pages

The Global Problem in Gender Inequality

Putting Gender on the Map with GIS
ByEsra Ozdenerol

chapter 2|18 pages

Mapping Domestic Violence

ByAmaia Iratzoqui, James C. McCutcheon, Angela D. Madden

chapter 3|16 pages

Geospatial Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence

ByAlison M. Pickover, J. Gayle Beck

chapter 5|20 pages

Social and Environmental Injustice Experienced by Female Migrant Workers in China

The Case of Guiyu Town
ByYe Zhang

chapter 6|22 pages

Spatial Concentration of Social Vulnerability and Gender Inequalities in Mexico

ByRoberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga, Javiera Fanta Garrido

chapter 7|26 pages

The Evolving American Opioid Crisis:

An Analysis of Gender, Racial Differences, and Spatial Characteristics
ByRyan Baxter Hanson, Esra Ozdenerol

chapter 8|28 pages

How to Undertake an Inequality, Gender and Sustainable Development Analysis:

A GIS Approach to Gender Analysis in Pakistan
ByGinette Azcona, Antra Bhatt

chapter 9|20 pages

Visualizing Equality in the New Mobility Workforce

ByStephanie Ivey, Tyler Reeb

chapter 10|27 pages

Spatial-Temporal Patterns of Gender Inequalities in University Enrollment in Nigeria:

2005–2015
ByMoses O. Olawole, Akanni I. Akinyemi, Olayinka A. Ajala