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POCHE PAUVRETE [1 record]

Record 1 2024-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Geography
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
  • Population Movements
  • Social Organization
CONT

While the borough has fewer low-income residents than elsewhere, there is clear evidence of pockets of poverty throughout where [low-income households] cluster.

OBS

poverty pocket; pocket of poverty: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • poverty pockets
  • pockets of poverty

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie économique
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
  • Mouvements de population
  • Organisation sociale
CONT

Les poches de pauvreté apparaissent dans [les banlieues] parce [qu’elles sont négligées] par les programmes de rénovation urbaine et par les promoteurs qui préfèrent développer en périphérie et au centre-ville.

OBS

poche de pauvreté; îlot de pauvreté : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • poches de pauvreté
  • îlots de pauvreté

Spanish

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