Social change in Aberdeen 1971-1981

Completed

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Other oil and gas)
Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts)

Basic and strategic applied research

SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology)

Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy)

Professor NL Bonney
Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University

Standard

ESRC

01 July 1984

31 January 1986

19 months

£19,020

No relevance to Underpinning Sectors

Scotland

ESRC Oil

Professor NL Bonney, Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University

Objectives not supplied

Based upon a systematic analysis of 1971 and 1981 Census small area statistics, this study seeks to document social and economic changes in Aberdeen and its suburbs during a period which saw the city becoming a major international centre for the oil industry. Particular subjects of interest include changing levels and patterns of employment, the size and residential distribution of incomers both from overseas and other parts of the United Kingdom; the changing demographic, occupational and social characteristics of the various city and suburban neighbourhoods; and changes in social class and occupational patterns in the area. The study can be seen as a continuation of the work of the SSRC North Sea oil panel but with a more urban focus and making use of more recently available information.

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