Metropolitan Geographic Definitions and Code for "Urban Inequality, the Housing Crisis and Deteriorating Water Access in US Cities"

Safe, reliable, and equitable water access is critical to human health and livelihoods. In this study, we present the first longitudinal analysis of household access to running water—a vital social infrastructure—in the 50 largest US cities since 1970. In the accompanying paper published in Nature Cities, results of the analysis indicate that water access has worsened in an increasing number and typology of US cities since the 2008 global financial crash, disproportionately affecting households of color. We provide evidence to suggest that a ‘reproductive squeeze’—systemic, compounding pressures on households’ capacity to reproduce themselves on a daily and societal basis—is forcing urban households into more precarious living arrangements, including housing without running water, with few signs of abating.This file—which is the supplementary data that underpins the paper—contains the microdata dataset for the manuscript "Urban Inequality, the Housing Crisis and Deteriorating Water Access in US Cities" (Nature Cities). Here, we present customized and improved Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) definitions used in our study that enable researchers to compare US Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) over time, while minimizing spatial error. The dataset also includes accompanying R code for statistical analysis of census microdata and the creation of static and dynamic spatial visualizations.Parties interested in collaborating on use of the full script may contact the corresponding author (K. Meehan).If you use this dataset or code, please cite as follows: Meehan, Katie, Jason R. Jurjevich, Lucy Everitt, Nicholas M.J.W. Chun, and Justin Sherrill. (2024). Metropolitan Geographic Definitions and Code for "Urban Inequality, the Housing Crisis and Deteriorating Water Access in US Cities.” Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Research Data Repository. DOI: 10.25422/azu.data.25724286FUNDINGThis research and dataset were supported by a grant selected by the European Research Council and funded by UKRI Horizon Europe Guarantee (Grant No. EP/Y024265/1)For inquiries regarding the contents of this dataset, please contact the Corresponding Author listed in the README.txt file. Administrative inquiries (e.g., removal requests, trouble downloading, etc.) can be directed to [e-mail]

安全、可靠且公平的用水权益对人类健康与生计至关重要。本研究首次对自1970年以来美国前50大城市家庭用水接入情况——一项至关重要的社会基础设施——进行了纵向分析。在发表于《自然城市》的配套论文中，分析结果显示，自2008年全球金融危机以来，越来越多的美国城市在用水接入方面状况恶化，且这一现象对有色人种家庭的影响尤为显著。我们提供了证据表明，一种‘再生挤压’——对家庭在日常生活和社会层面自我再生产能力产生的系统性、累积性压力——正在迫使城市家庭陷入更为脆弱的居住安排，包括缺乏流动水源的住房，且这一趋势尚未显示出放缓迹象。本文件——作为支撑论文的补充数据——包含了“美国城市中的城市不平等、住房危机与用水接入恶化”研究（发表于《自然城市》）的微观数据集。在此，我们展示了本研究中使用的定制和改进的公共使用微观数据样本（PUMS）定义，这些定义使研究人员能够比较美国都市统计区（MSA）随时间的变化，同时最小化空间误差。数据集还包括用于统计分析人口普查微观数据和创建静态及动态空间可视化的R代码。有兴趣合作使用完整脚本的人员可联系通讯作者（K. Meehan）。若使用本数据集或代码，请按以下格式引用：Meehan, Katie, Jason R. Jurjevich, Lucy Everitt, Nicholas M.J.W. Chun, and Justin Sherrill. (2024). “都市地理定义与代码：美国城市中的城市不平等、住房危机与用水接入恶化.” 塔克森，亚利桑那州：亚利桑那大学研究数据存储库. DOI: 10.25422/azu.data.25724286。资助本研究和数据集由欧洲研究委员会选定的资助项目支持，并由英国研究与创新署（UKRI）的Horizon Europe Guarantee（资助编号EP/Y024265/1）资助。如对本数据集内容有疑问，请联系README.txt文件中列出的通讯作者。行政查询（例如，移除请求、下载问题等）可发送至[e-mail]。