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The current research has been carried out to explore the spatial association of Multilevel deprivation within the urban setting of West Bengal, a state of India. In this cross-section study, 15 Socio-economic drivers have been used to construct an index of deprivation, reflecting the neighborhood's household condition, spatial variation wealth, physical infrastructure, health, hygiene, education and economic participation of urban residents. Principal Component Analysis is used to drive this sub-indicator which explains more than 83.293% of the variances. For the assessment of spatial association of multilevel deprivation, the Hierarchical clustering method has been used. Results show spatial variation exists in the level of deprivation. Index of deprivation identified heterogeneity in the level of poverty and their spatial association with deprivation. A strong negative association has been observed between the deprivation index and degree of urbanization, while a robust positive association has been marked with the poverty rate.
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The authors would like to express sincere thanks to the Office of the Register General and Census Commissioner, India (Ministry of Home Affairs, G.O.I) for providing data at the district level. The authors would like to express heartful gratitude to the Editor-in-Chief, Barney Warf, and the esteemed reviewers for their critical review and constructive suggestions to enrich this research article. The authors are greatly thankful to Dr. Ranjan Roy, Department of Geography & Applied Geography, University of North Bengal India for their inspiring support in accomplishing the work.
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Sarkar, A., Chouhan, P. Spatial analysis of Multi-level deprivation in urban settings of West Bengal. GeoJournal 88, 247–260 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-022-10576-w
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