Deprivation and Poverty in HIC cities

Within so-called wealthy countries there is poverty an that many HIC cities have their areas of poor housing- known as Slums

In the HIC cities, the term deprivation is widely used in connection with poverty. Deprivation is said to occur when a persons well being falls below a level which is generally thought of as an acceptable minimum. In the UK, a multiple deprivation index (MDI) has been developed to assess the level of deprivation across the whole country. It is based on 7 different qualities of life indicators:

• Income
• Employment
• Health
• Education
• Access to housing and services 
• Crime
• The living environment  

The areas of greatest deprivation occur in two main locations:

• The more central parts of the city- here deprivation coincides with areas of either old and substandard housing or high rise apartment blocks that were built after the end of the deck  works war to house people displaced by slum clearance schemes
• Towards the city's edge- here deprives mainly occurs in the estates of social housing built by the city for rent to poorer households

What are he symptoms of deprivation and poverty

Poor housing (slums) and an unattractive living environment (noise, unsightliness, graffiti etc.). Services required such as schools, medical centres, sports facilities, park and shops are often of a poor quality.

People who live in these areas of poor housing, unemployed, single-parent families, relatively high incidence of crime and what are called domestic disputes (trouble between partners) anti-social behaviour.