Existing research on the socioeconomic consequences of the crisis in Catalonia has put particular emphasis on variables such as poverty levels, unemployment rate and income inequality. However, knowledge about the specific, territorialized impacts of the crisis upon disadvantaged neighbourhoods is scarce.
The first goal of this research is to analyse the impacts of the current economic and financial crisis upon the socio-spatial configuration of Catalan municipalities and, more concretely, its effects on the dynamics of urban segregation and deprivation already observed in the pre-crisis context.
The second goal is to explore which types of local responses to the crisis are emerging at the neighbourhood level and, more concretely, what explains the neighbourhoods’ capacity to counteract the consequences of the crisis?
To visualize the response from the neighbourhood we designed a participatory map showing local initiatives.
We developed a map of resources that shows local infrastructure ordered by different categories, like health, education, social, environment and economy. A filter allows users to limit the shown results to their interests.
Client: IGOP