Feature: A tale of two cities: inequalities in urban wellbeing in the Global South

What does urban wellbeing look like in the Global South? How can it be delivered equitably? New research from SEI’s Initiative on City Health and Wellbeing explores the roots of wellbeing inequalities in two rapidly changing cities in Kenya and Thailand.

The absence of basic infrastructure (including waste removal, water availability and quality) unsurprisingly causes significant stress for city residents. However, once these services are in place, smaller variations (inequalities) in social (crime, tenure) and environmental (noise, air quality) conditions begin to play a greater role in determining differences in subjective wellbeing across a city.