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Social status of inhabitants in interwar Prague

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Abstract

The interwar period in Prague was marked by very dynamic housing construction and population growth; in the 1920s, the population of Prague grew by almost 200,000 people. As a result of this dynamic development, the socio-economic differentiation was increasing, having an impact on spatial differentiation as well.

The purpose of this map is to describe the differences in social status in Greater Prague in this period. To show the polarization of the urban environment, we were trying to identify those parts of the city inhabited by people with a high or, by contrast, low social status.

We are using indicators that describe suitably the character of the social differentiation of Prague in that period.