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The Social Geography of Rome
Author(s) -
Pacione Michael
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9663.00035
Subject(s) - neighbourhood (mathematics) , economic geography , urbanization , regional science , geography , social geography , context (archaeology) , human geography , sociology , urban geography , social science , epistemology , urban planning , economic growth , economics , mathematics , archaeology , civil engineering , engineering , mathematical analysis , philosophy
The city of Rome presents urban analysts with a paradox combining, in its development, processes characteristic of both Anglo‐American and Third World forms of urbanisation. To understand this complexity it is necessary to examine the manifestation of structural forces within particular local context. The research presented in this paper combines conceptual understanding of the major processes that operate to effect Rome’s development and empirical analysis at the neighbourhood‐district level. The results of this investigation provide detailed insight into the social geography of the contemporary city.