FYI - A good example of analysis from the Internet Scout:

4. Access to Social Services: The Changing Urban Geography of Poverty and
Service Provision [pdf]
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/20040816_allard.pdf

Access to social services, especially for the poor, continues to concern
numerous public policy scholars and practitioners. This recent 19-page
report from the Brookings Institution (authored by Scott Allard, a professor
at Brown University) takes a closer look at this phenomenon by looking at
the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. Released
in August 2004, the report notes that, on average, poor populations in urban
centers have greater spatial access to social services than poor populations
living in suburban areas. The report contains a number of additional
findings, including the not-so surprising observation that the location of
social service providers does not always match well to the changing
demographics of cities. Allard concludes the work by noting that ".we
should pay closer attention to how spatial trends in employment, population,
and support services converge to shape demand and needs of low-income
populations in our metropolitan areas." [KMG]


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-jtj

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