abstract: 'The geography of opportunity research has made significant progress in

  recent years. The use of composite indexes aimed at capturing the

  attributes of different urban areas has been particularly useful to

  deepen the understanding of the role that the urban context plays in

  people''s life chances. However, little attention has been paid to the

  dynamic component of the geography of opportunity, that is, what

  explains its changes over time and whether or not those changes

  (positive or negative) are substantial.

  The contribution of this work is that it offers a methodology (a

  conceptual framework, a composite geography of opportunity index and

  relative and absolute measures) that provides a holistic and in-depth

  approach to analyse not only the set of opportunities available in the

  different urban areas but also their change over time (how they change,

  the depth of those changes and the forces explaining it). The

  information generated through this approach has the advantage of better

  informing place-based policy interventions since it offers not only a

  clear classification of areas but also a useful method for comparing and

  monitoring the changes in the geography of opportunity over time.'
affiliation: 'Brain, I (Corresponding Author), UCL, Bartlett Dev Planning Unit, 34
  Tavistock Sq, London WC1H 9EZ, England.

  Brain, Isabel, UCL, Bartlett Dev Planning Unit, 34 Tavistock Sq, London WC1H 9EZ,
  England.

  Prieto, Joaquin, London Sch Econ \& Polit Sci, Int Inequal Inst, Houghton St, London
  WC2A 2AE, England.'
article-number: '103186'
author: Brain, Isabel and Prieto, Joaquin
author-email: 'isabel.brain@ucl.ac.uk

  prietosj@lse.ac.uk'
author_list:
- family: Brain
  given: Isabel
- family: Prieto
  given: Joaquin
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2021.103186
earlyaccessdate: APR 2021
eissn: 1873-6084
files: []
issn: 0264-2751
journal: CITIES
keywords: 'Geography of opportunity; Drivers of urban change; Multidimensional

  indices; Municipal fiscal capacity; Urban attributes; Urban land market

  activity'
keywords-plus: 'NEIGHBORHOOD INCOME MIX; JOB ACCESSIBILITY; SPATIAL MISMATCH; SKILLS

  MISMATCH; HEALTH-CARE; UNEMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT; MOBILITY; ACCESS; AREA'
language: English
month: JUL
number-of-cited-references: '125'
orcid-numbers: 'Prieto, Joaquin/0000-0003-4145-9988

  Brain, Isabel/0000-0001-6771-7127'
papis_id: bb5fcf73fce1d90324009083f3de7d77
ref: Brain2021understandingchanges
times-cited: '1'
title: 'Understanding changes in the geography of opportunity over time: The case
  of Santiago, Chile'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000654637700005
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '22'
volume: '114'
web-of-science-categories: Urban Studies
year: '2021'