The Spatial Dimension in the Planning of Social Services in Large Cities

Ottensmann, John R.

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“…I analyze the composition of poverty areas in the 100 largest central cities in 1980, drawing on special tabulations of the Census of Population (U.S. Bureau of the Census 1985). Ottensmann (1981) used similar data from 1970 to make the point that almost half of the poor in the 50 largest central cities were located outside poverty areas and that, on average, the composition of the poor population in poverty areas differed substantially from that of the poor in other central city neighborhoods. The central theses behind the analysis are that interurban variations are likely to exist in the nature as well as the intensity of urban poverty because of the differential imprint of economic and demographic change among cities and regions of the country, and that a knowledge of such variations is likely to be useful in moving the policy debate forward from generalized conceptions of urban poverty and in raising questions about the appropriateness of alternative public policies relating to urban poverty.…”

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Disappearing Targets? Poverty Areas in Central Cities

Knox¹

1988

Journal of the American Planning Association

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Disappearing Targets? Poverty Areas in Central Cities

Knox¹

1988

Journal of the American Planning Association

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Predicting Community Reaction to Mental Health Facilities

Taylor¹,

Hall²,

Hughes³

et al. 1984

Journal of the American Planning Association

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Services for immigrant women: an evaluation of locations

Truelove¹

2000

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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The Toronto region receives one‐quarter of new immigrants to Canada and they become widely dispersed throughout the metropolitan area. Most immigrants arrive with language, social and cultural needs, creating demand for social services from existing agencies. ‘How can agencies choose locations that meet the needs of new immigrants?’ is the central focus. The results of a study in Metropolitan Toronto of 68 nonprofit agencies that provide a variety of settlement services for immigrant and refugee women are discussed. Immigrant and language groups and the agencies serving them are mapped; the locations of agencies are evaluated. While service agencies are responding to the arrival of new groups and the spatial dispersion of new immigrants, more services in the northern portions of the study area are required. The spatial dispersion of some language groups means that they have poorer access to services than groups that are concentrated in the traditional immigrant reception area. La région de Toronto accueille le quart des immigrants au Canada, et ceux‐ci sont dispersés dans l'agglomération torontoise. La plupart d'entre eux ont des exigences linguistiques, sociales et culturelles qui augmentent la demande en services sociaux dispensés par les organismes en place. Ce document porte essentiellement sur la façon dont ces derniers determinent les lieux de prestation de services qui répondront le mieux aux besoins des immigrants. II est également question des résultats d'une étude menée dans la communauté urbaine de Toronto auprés de 68 organismes à but non lucratif offrant un éventail de services d'établissement pour les immigrantes et les réfugiées. Les immigrants et les groupes linguistiques, ainsi que les organismes qui les servent, y sont répertoriés géographiquement. La localisation de ces organismes fait aussi l'objet d'une évaluation. La plupart répondent déjà aux besoins des nouveaux venus et tiennent compte de leur dispersion mais, selon cette étude, il faudrait plus de services dans le nord de l'agglomération torontoise. En raison de cet éparpillement, certains groupes linguistiques ont plus difficilement accès à des services que d'autres qui se trouvent dans les zones d'ancrage habituelles.

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The Spatial Dimension in the Planning of Social Services in Large Cities

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Disappearing Targets? Poverty Areas in Central Cities

Disappearing Targets? Poverty Areas in Central Cities

Predicting Community Reaction to Mental Health Facilities

Services for immigrant women: an evaluation of locations

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