Towards a geography of people poverty and place poverty

Much of the focus on the geography of poverty relates to 'people poverty', the geography of private income, or income proxy measures. In contrast to a sole emphasis on the geography of people poverty, this article broadens th e debate to include the relatively neglected aspect of place poverty. It di scusses the conceptual differences between people poverty and place poverty , and then provides an illustration of the differences between their geogra phical distribution in England. The results of this primary analysis sugges t that the geography of people and place poverty appear to be quite differe nt.