Analyse multidimensionnelle de la précarité dans le système urbain français

Precarity is a multidimensional notion that combines economic instability, monetary poverty, and a marginalization from stable employment. Although its manifestations have been examined – particularly within sociology – geographical research has focused more extensively on urban segregation dynamics and processes of decline. Addressing this gap, this article introduces the geography of precarity within French cities. Addressing this gap, this article introduces a geographical approach to employment-related precarity within French cities. Three dimensions are analysed through eight indicators measured at the scale of urban areas: the margins of the salaried society, monetary poverty, and forms of employment distant from permanent contracts. Major cities exhibit a high proportion of RSA recipients, whereas poverty among retirees and precarious employment are more widespread in small towns and rural areas. Certain small towns and the overseas departments and regions (DROM) are particularly affected by precarity across all dimensions. Neighbourhood effects highlight the presence of clusters of precarity in northern France, the DROM, and the Mediterranean arc.