Landscape & Environment, Racial Discrimination, Urban Sociology - General & Miscellaneous, Behavioral Psychology, Urban Studies - General & Miscellaneous, Socio-Cultural Anthropology - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Over the past fifty years, numerous geographical concepts and methodologies have been developed to study urban segregation. This volume brings together an international team of scholars, practitioners and policy makers to examine the latest of these.The first section of this fascinating book sees contributors proposing innovative ideas and new conceptual models for the study of segregation in cities that undergo globalization. They assess the idea that segregation should be studied for individuals in respect to different spatial resolutions, including the study of the formation of inter-ethnic spatial networks. This is followed by an examination of questions concerning the associations among segregation, poverty and policies. The final section highlights patterns of segregation in four countries: South Africa, China, Canada and the Ruhr area, each of them representing different multicultural and transformational aspects. They also emphasize the socio-historical context in which patterns of segregation and desegregation appeared.Editorials
Booknews
For two years scholars from the Commission on Monitoring Cities of Tomorrow discussed the concept of socio-spatial segregation, which had emerged from an increasing interest in identity and ethnicity studies in the social sciences and new trends in cities around the world. Presumably they are social geographers, though they are not identified. They present 11 studies that report some original theories on segregation, question the relevancy of segregation studies for public policy, and describe new trends in cities that represent particularly interesting case studies. No index is provided. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
March 28, 2002
Publisher
Aldershot ; Ashgate, c2002.
Pages
320
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780754618089