On the edge: changing geographies of the global city precariat in London and Hong Kong

Jordan, L.P.; DeVerteuil, G.; Kandt, J.; Manley, D.J.; Wu, Q

doi:10.1080/02723638.2016.1258205

On the edge

Title

On the edge: changing geographies of the global city precariat in London and Hong Kong

Author

Jordan, L.P. (University of Hong Kong; University of Johannesburg)
DeVerteuil, G. (Cardiff University)
Kandt, J. (University College London (UCL))
Manley, D.J. (TU Delft OLD Urban Renewal and Housing; University of Bristol)
Wu, Q (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Date

2016

Abstract

Global cities are marked by precarity, yet little attention has been paid to the spatial overlap between work precarity among migrants and third sector organizations that sustain them. In this paper, we estimate the location of precarious work migrants in two global cities, London and Hong Kong, for both the 2001 and 2011 censuses, using a variety of spatial demographic and quantitative techniques, and then analyze the spatial overlap between this population and immigrant-serving third sector organizations. The results suggest both similarity, in particular between accommodation and work precarity, and difference, with an increasingly tenuous overlap in London by 2011.

Subject

global cities
precarious work
migrant
third sector
welfare state

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2016.1258205

Embargo date

2018-05-29

ISSN

0272-3638

Source

Urban Geography, 38 (2017) (10), 1459-1478