Advanced Introduction to Urban Segregation

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• Publisher: Edward Elgar
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 195
• Series: Elgar Advanced Introductions
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This insightful Advanced Introduction deftly explores urban segregation on an international scale, offering expert analysis on pressing and theoretical debates and key contemporary issues relating to this interdisciplinary field of study. It provides detailed insights into the various dimensions and domains of urban segregation, the range of methods used for measuring segregation, and the effects it can have on neighbourhoods and individuals. Recognising variations in the patterns of segregation from country to country, the book further discusses the different approaches and challenges affecting policy interventions.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Figures
Tables
Acknowledgements
1. Urban segregation
2. Contemporary debates on urban segregation: ‘why’, ‘who’ and ‘what’ questions
3. Urban segregation: concepts, dimensions, and domains
4. Measuring segregation: ‘how’ questions
5. Understanding urban segregation
6. Potential effects of urban segregation
7. Urban segregation policy interventions
8. Reflections on and challenges of urban segregation
References
Index