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Poor people, poor places : the geography of poverty and deprivation in Ireland / edited by Dennis G. Pringle, Jim Walsh, Mark Hennessy.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : Oak Tree Press in association with the Geographical Society of Ireland, 1999.Description: xxi, 350 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781860761089 :
  • 1860761089
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.509417
Contents:
Affluence and deprivation: a spatial analysis based on the 1991 Census of population / T. Haase -- Spatial aspects of poverty and deprivation in Ireland / B. Nolan et al... -- Methodological issues in a cross-border investigation of poverty in Ireland / S. Cook et al...
Rural poverty: a political economy perspective / H. Tovey -- Integration and exclusion in rural Ireland / J. Walsh -- Poverty and accessibility to services in the rural west of Ireland / M. Cawley -- Residents' perspectives of rural living conditions in Cork and Kerry / D. Storey
Deconstructing urban poverty / A. MacLaran -- Poor people or poor place? Urban deprivation in Southill East, Limerick city / D. McCafferty -- Spatial planning and poverty in north Clondalkin / B. Bartley
Something old, something new: lessons to be learnt from previous strategies of positive territorial discrimination / D. Pringle -- The role of area-based programmes in tackling poverty / J. Walsh

Includes bibliographical references.

[PART 1 The spatial distribution of poverty in Ireland] Affluence and deprivation: a spatial analysis based on the 1991 Census of population / T. Haase -- Spatial aspects of poverty and deprivation in Ireland / B. Nolan et al... -- Methodological issues in a cross-border investigation of poverty in Ireland / S. Cook et al...

[PART 2 Rural poverty] Rural poverty: a political economy perspective / H. Tovey -- Integration and exclusion in rural Ireland / J. Walsh -- Poverty and accessibility to services in the rural west of Ireland / M. Cawley -- Residents' perspectives of rural living conditions in Cork and Kerry / D. Storey

[PART 3 Urban poverty] Deconstructing urban poverty / A. MacLaran -- Poor people or poor place? Urban deprivation in Southill East, Limerick city / D. McCafferty -- Spatial planning and poverty in north Clondalkin / B. Bartley

[PART 4 Policy responses] Something old, something new: lessons to be learnt from previous strategies of positive territorial discrimination / D. Pringle -- The role of area-based programmes in tackling poverty / J. Walsh

[PART 5 Conclusion] Poor people, poor places: conclusion / D. Pringle.

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