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The Space/Time Trend of
Unemployment in Britain, 1978-1990.
on 1981
Amalgamated
Office Area
1978
1979
1980
population
cartograms,
scale indicating
deviation from
expected levels
of unemployment.
1981
1982
1983
50% under
10% under
1984
1985
1986
0%
10% over
50% over
1987
1988
1989
Figure 5.5 Twelve years of unemployment figures, shown using a cartogram of
the 852 amalgamated office areas. A very distinctive pattern emerges of 'Celtic
Fringe' turning into 'Inner City' decline against a backdrop of a ring of relatively
good fortune was forming around the Capital. The pattern is well defined and the
area getting worse most quickly is seen then to be central London.
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