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1 online resource (xiv, 438 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 |
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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; 12. Demographic understandings of changes in ethnic residential segregation across the life course. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human geography -- Social aspects.
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Human geography. |
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Social aspects. |
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Segregation.
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Segregation. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lloyd, Christopher D., editor.
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Shuttleworth, Ian, editor.
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Wong, David W. S., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Social-spatial segregation. Bristol : Policy Press, 2014 9781447301356 (OCoLC)893708391 |
| ISBN |
9781447301363 (electronic book) |
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1447301366 (electronic book) |
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9781322096582 |
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1322096589 |
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9781447320821 |
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1447320824 |
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9781447301356 |
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1447301358 |
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