The ambivalence of diversity and the politics of urban renaissance : the case of youth in downtown Portland, Maine
Inner city ; Maine ; Marginality ; Public space ; Quality of life ; Redevelopment ; Retail trade ; United States of America ; Urban life ; Urbansociety ; Young people
Chicago ; Employment ; Gentrification ; Housing ; Labour ; Local labour market ; London ; Precarious employment ; Town ; Unemployment ; Urbansociety ; Urban sociology
Economic growth ; Employment ; Finland ; Helsinki ; Living standard ; Socio-economic system ; Unemployment ; Urban change ; Urban economy ; Urban region ; Urbansociety ; Welfare
Housing ; Housing market ; Japan ; Land use ; Landed estate ; Local administration ; Local government ; Public service ; Urban geography ; Urbansociety ; Urban structure
Masculine identities and low-paid work : young men in urban labour markets
Economic restructuring ; Employment ; England ; Gender difference ; Labour market ; Sheffield ; Social class ; Social mobility ; United Kingdom ; Urbansociety ; Working class ; Young people
Agriculture ; Economic growth ; Income ; Poland ; Rural area ; Unemployment ; Urban area
% of active labour force. Growth of the unemployment, in both rural and urban areas, is the main issue to be solved. The period of economic transition brought about a considerable increase of income differentiation of the society. This differentiation applied
to a greater extent to agriculture and rural population than to non-agricultural and urban population. In 1984 the Gini coefficient for all households was 0.240, in 1998 it rose to 0.312 and for farmers these numbers were, respectively : 0.362 and 0.449. - (BJ)
Demographic change ; Farming system ; Fishing ; France ; Population ; Population distribution ; Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ; Rural society ; Urban growth ; Urban network ; Urbansociety ; Vinegrowing area
Arabs ; Citizenship ; Cultural identity ; Detroit ; Diaspora ; Ethnic community ; Living conditions ; Michigan ; United States of America ; Urban immigration ; Urbansociety
Canada ; Historical geography ; Middle class ; Nineteenth Century ; Ontario ; Participation ; Public space ; Toronto ; Urban practice ; Urbansociety ; Value system ; Years 1880-89
Cognitive process ; England ; Participation ; Scotland ; Sense of belonging ; Social integration ; Societal relations ; United Kingdom ; Urban district ; Urbansociety