Understanding processes of ethnic concentration and dispersal : South Asian residential preferences in Galsgow / Jennifer Leigh McGarrigle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGarrigle, Jennifer Leigh.

Contributor:

IMISCOE (Organization)

Series:

IMISCOE dissertations.

IMISCOE dissertations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asians--Scotland--Glasgow.

Asians.

East Indians--Scotland--Glasgow.

East Indians.

Residential mobility--Scotland--Glasgow.

Residential mobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A study of South Asian settlement patterns and residential preferences exploring the motivations underlying these, paying particular attention to processes of ethnic concentration and suburbanisation.

Contents:

Table of contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Processes of settlement: Residential segregation and ethnic clustering; 3. Urban migration, residential mobility and suburbanisation; 4. Methodology; 5. Through the national lens to the city: The housing position and experiences of South Asians in Scotland and Glasgow; 6. South Asian settlement in Glasgow: Changing patterns of residence; 7. The role of the neighbourhood in residential choice and re-location; 8. Housing, households, families and safe places

9. Residential outcomes: Settling in or moving on again?10. Conclusions; Appendix 1. Semi-structured interview schedule; Appendix 2. Semi-structured interview schedule; Appendix 3. Interviewee characteristics; Appendix 4. Coding categories; Appendix 5. Parent nodes; Notes; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

1-04-079588-9

1-003-70883-8

1-04-080080-7

1-282-59169-X

9786612591693

90-485-0134-2

9781003708834

OCLC:

607901015

Publisher Number:

10.5117/9789053566718