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Social-spatial segregation : concepts, processes and outcomes / edited by Christopher D. Lloyd, Ian G. Shuttleworth, David W.S. Wong.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Segregation.
- Social isolation.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Social distance.
- Spatial analysis (Statistics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 438 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : The Policy Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This edited volume, bringing together leading researchers from the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe, offers a new approach to conceptualising segregation.
- Contents:
- 10. 'Sleepwalking towards Johannesburg'? Local measures of ethnic segregation between London's secondary schools, 2003-08/09Introduction; Context; Segregation, measurement and the modifiable area unit problem; Geographies of ethnicity for London's secondary schools; Measuring ethnic segregation within the local market for schools; Conclusion; 11. Segregation, choice-based letting and social housing: how housing policy can affect the segregation process; Introduction; Background; An English case study; Discussion and conclusion.
- Methods: a comparison of collective identity in national Censuses of PopulationResults: six major themes that measure collective identity; Results: clusters of countries; Discussion; Conclusion; PROCESSES; 9. Perspectives on social segregation and migration: spatial scale, mixing and place; Introduction; A review of residential segregation in Northern Ireland: 1921-2001; Migration and segregation patterns after 2001; Interpreting the relationship between internal migration and residential segregation in NI; Conclusion.
- 7. Analysing segregation using individualised neighbourhoodsIntroduction; Individualised neighbourhood approach to segregation studies; Constructing individualised neighbourhoods using EquiPop; Swedish register data; Case study: residential segregation among Swedish lower secondary school youth/children; Conclusion; 8. The international comparability of ethnicity and collective identity: implications for segregation studies; Introduction; International comparisons of segregation; Widening conceptions of collective identity.
- 4. Measuring neighbourhood segregation using spatial interaction dataIntroduction; Defining neighbourhoods; Case study context: Northern Ireland; Measuring segregation; Analysis; Discussion; Conclusions and future work; 5. Micro-geography of segregation: evidence from historical US census data; Introduction; Methods; Data; Analysis and discussion; Conclusion; 6. Neighbourhood racial diversity and White residential segregation in the United States1; Introduction; White segregation amid increasing racial and ethnic diversity; Methods; Analysis; Conclusion.
- SOCIAL-SPATIAL SEGREGATION; Contents; List of tables, figures and maps; Tables; Figures; Maps; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction; Concepts; Processes; Outcomes; Conclusion; CONCEPTS; 2. Segregation matters, measurement matters1; Introduction; Segregation matters; Measurement matters; Moving forward; Conclusion; 3. Using a general spatial pattern statistic to evaluate spatial segregation; Introduction; Spatiality of segregation indices; General measure of spatial patterns as a segregation measure; Illustrative examples; Discussion and conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Mar 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781447320821
- 1447320824
- 9781447301349
- 144730134X
- 9781447310396
- 144731039X
- 9781447301363
- 1447301366
- OCLC:
- 890090429
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