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Changing UK : the way we live now
— [A report commissioned by BBC regions and nations] | | Author(s) | Danny Dorling, Dan Vickers, Bethan Thomas |
| Corporate Author | Social and Spatial Inequalities (SASI) Group, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield |
| Publisher | Electronic format only, December 2008 |
| Pages | 105 pp |
| Source | Download report from website: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/research/changingUK.h... BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7755641.stm |
| Keywords | Poverty ; Demography ; Regional ; Local ; Maps ; Statistics [data]. |
| Annotation | As people have moved about Britain, neighbourhoods have become more socially distinct in 2008 compared to the more mixed picture of 40 years ago. This report uses census and other data to look at Britain divided in five ways. First, simple "geographical inequalities" such as population change and house prices. Second, "demographic segregation": from 1971 to 2006, the population by age between areas has become more segregated, and happened most quickly from 2001 to 2006. Third, "economic polarisation": geographical polarisation between rich and poor has increased since 1968. Fourth, "social fragmentation" indicates an increase in the degree to which people appear to be socially isolated by area in Britain since 1971. Lastly, "political disaffection" notes an increase in the proportion of the population abstaining from voting in general elections since 1966. The authors report results for Britain as a whole, for the 14 BBC TV areas, for 45 BBC Radio station areas, and large cities or areas of Scotland and Wales which do not have radio stations. Where possible, Radio Ulster and Northern Ireland TV are included. Maps (or cartograms) and graphs are used throughout the report to help explain the underlying data. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090123204 E |
| Classmark | W6: S8: 5CP: 5CT: 6T: 6C |
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