Impact of recession on socio-economic structure of French urban system

Denise Pumain (1) , Thérèse Saint-Julien (1)

1 GC (UMR_8504) - Géographie-cités

In order to promote construction of dynamic models for socio-economic structure of national urban systems we need a better knowledge in mechanisms governing functional and social redistributions between cities. Empirical regularities are provided from the French case, with detailed information for 400 urban agglomerations covering a fast-growth period (1954-1975) and a more recent phase of economical crisis (1975-1980). Observations are made about structural persistency and time scale of urban change.

Mots clés: Cities; France; urban function; specialisation; economic evolution

Domaines: Géographie; Economies et finances; Méthodes et statistiques

Denise Pumain, Thérèse Saint-Julien. Impact of recession on socio-economic structure of French urban system. Borchert J.C., Bourne L.S., Sinclair R. Urban systems in transition, Nederlandse Geographishe Studies, pp.142-152, 1986, Urban systems in Transition, 0041-0020. ⟨halshs-01488430⟩