A Case Study of the Results of the Urban Dynamics in a Large City
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A case study of the results of the urban dynamics in a large ciyt: SYDNEY
SOCIAL STRUCTURE & SPATIAL PATTERNS OF ADVANTAGE & DISADVANTAGE, WEALTH & POVERTY, ETHNICITY
CLASS
Sydney has well defined class structure
Class determined by a person’s occupation in terms of prestige, financial rewards & material lifestyle
Where one lives and what kind of housing reflects income, occupation & education
SOCIAL EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING
Major effect of economic restructuring has been growth in the producer services & finance sectors & a decline in manufacturing jobs
Economic restructuring involves massive job cuts
Differences in living standards growing
Pockets and districts of poverty, unemployment, violence, poor health & social distress now feature in Sydney’s social morphology
There are also areas of wealth & privilege, producing security apartment buildings & ‘gated communities’
Australia’s changing social structure
End of 1990’s:
1% of the population controlled 25% of Australia’s personal wealth
the wealthiest 10% owned 60% of the total wealth
the least wealthy 30% had no wealth
50% of Australians had just 7%
nearly 2.1 million of Australia’s 19 million people live at or below the poverty line
about 21% of children live in poverty
Growing divisions socially and economically have risen spatial inequality (distinct geographical divisions between poor & affluent)
Between 1976 & 1991, the average household income in the 1000 poorest neighbourhoods declines $8000 p.a.
The richest neighbourhoods rose almost $20 000 p.a.
Poor are becoming increasingly concentrated in one set of neighbourhoods and rich in another
Rising poverty & social disadvantage because of:
High levels of unemployment
Casualisation of the workforce
Falling wages
Cuts to welfare & public services
Concentration of economically & socially disadvantaged into particular neighbourhoods often results in association with high crime rates, drug dependency, domestic violence,...
SOCIAL STRUCTURE & SPATIAL PATTERNS OF ADVANTAGE & DISADVANTAGE, WEALTH & POVERTY, ETHNICITY
CLASS
Sydney has well defined class structure
Class determined by a person’s occupation in terms of prestige, financial rewards & material lifestyle
Where one lives and what kind of housing reflects income, occupation & education
SOCIAL EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING
Major effect of economic restructuring has been growth in the producer services & finance sectors & a decline in manufacturing jobs
Economic restructuring involves massive job cuts
Differences in living standards growing
Pockets and districts of poverty, unemployment, violence, poor health & social distress now feature in Sydney’s social morphology
There are also areas of wealth & privilege, producing security apartment buildings & ‘gated communities’
Australia’s changing social structure
End of 1990’s:
1% of the population controlled 25% of Australia’s personal wealth
the wealthiest 10% owned 60% of the total wealth
the least wealthy 30% had no wealth
50% of Australians had just 7%
nearly 2.1 million of Australia’s 19 million people live at or below the poverty line
about 21% of children live in poverty
Growing divisions socially and economically have risen spatial inequality (distinct geographical divisions between poor & affluent)
Between 1976 & 1991, the average household income in the 1000 poorest neighbourhoods declines $8000 p.a.
The richest neighbourhoods rose almost $20 000 p.a.
Poor are becoming increasingly concentrated in one set of neighbourhoods and rich in another
Rising poverty & social disadvantage because of:
High levels of unemployment
Casualisation of the workforce
Falling wages
Cuts to welfare & public services
Concentration of economically & socially disadvantaged into particular neighbourhoods often results in association with high crime rates, drug dependency, domestic violence,...