ABSTRACT
In the modern socio-spatial classifications, individuals are aggregated, using their home locations, into a typology based on the average characteristics of the people within areas in which they live. Of these capital constructs, financial capital is perhaps the simplest to address within socio-spatial classifications as it represents the relative advantage gained by possessing increased income or wealth. Coleman defines human capital as follows: human capital is created by changes in persons that bring about skills and capabilities that make them able to act in new ways. This concept is more difficult to relate to socio-spatial classification as it does not directly link to tangible assets, that is household income. Social capital is a further type of capital to which Coleman ascribes a more complex definition: Social capital is defined by its function.
