ABSTRACT
Within the contemporary city social and economic polarisation has been accompanied by a corresponding reorganisation of the urban spatial structure, so that emerging 'post-industrial' cities contain within them groups who have 'lost-out' through economic transformation. This chapter focuses on Glasgow and examines the particular ways in which the dual city idea has been used there, drawing on academic studies, media coverage of Glasgow's regeneration and local authority programmes for the 'deprived segments'. The apparent success story of Glasgow's attempts in recent years to restructure its economic base and reverse decades of economic decline has placed it increasingly in the academic and media spotlight. In Strathclyde Region the long-established 'Social Strategy' is based upon a spatial social policy implemented through the concept of 'Areas of Priority Treatment' (APT). The conclusion which is drawn from the analysis of poverty and deprivation in contemporary Glasgow presented here is not one which lends support to the dual city model.
