Mapping the invisibles: a cartography of urban deprivation

Journal title ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI
Author/s Francesco Balducci
Publishing Year 2018 Issue 2018/121
Language Italian Pages 24 P. 96-119 File size 344 KB
DOI 10.3280/ASUR2018-121006
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In this article, the profiles of deprived people and their residential distribution in a mid-sized Italian town are studied, using non-conventional information coming from a charitable organization. The results show that the deprived people cluster according to their ethnic group and their specific needs. The distribution of the Asians is more compact than the one of the other ethnic groups.

Keywords: Deprivation; urban studies; GIS; spatial analysis; voluntary-based data

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Francesco Balducci, Mappare gli invisibili: una cartografia del disagio sociale in "ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI" 121/2018, pp 96-119, DOI: 10.3280/ASUR2018-121006