The urban crisis: Poverty and deprivation in the Scottish city

Abstract

Abstract Poverty and deprivation remain the daily experience of large numbers of urban dwellers in Scotland. The size and concentration of the disadvantaged population represents a contemporary urban crisis. This paper identifies the nature and incidence of poverty and deprivation in the Scottish city, evaluates recent policy initiatives, and assesses the prospects for an improved quality of life for the poor in urban Scotland. It is concluded that to approach this objective will require a complementary programme of structural‐level "people policies" and local‐level "place‐policies".