Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality : A Global Perspective
van Ham, Maarten
Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality : A Global Perspective - Springer Nature 2021 - 1 electronic resource (523 p.)
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This open access book investigates the link between income inequality and socio-economic residential segregation in 24 large urban regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. It offers a unique global overview of segregation trends based on case studies by local author teams. The book shows important global trends in segregation, and proposes a Global Segregation Thesis. Rising inequalities lead to rising levels of socio-economic segregation almost everywhere in the world. Levels of inequality and segregation are higher in cities in lower income countries, but the growth in inequality and segregation is faster in cities in high-income countries. This is causing convergence of segregation trends. Professionalisation of the workforce is leading to changing residential patterns. High-income workers are moving to city centres or to attractive coastal areas and gated communities, while poverty is increasingly suburbanising. As a result, the urban geography of inequality changes faster and is more pronounced than changes in segregation levels. Rising levels of inequality and segregation pose huge challenges for the future social sustainability of cities, as cities are no longer places of opportunities for all.
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English
978-3-030-64569-4 9783030645694
10.1007/978-3-030-64569-4 doi
Urban & municipal planning
Social issues & processes
Economic geography
Sociology: work & labour
Human geography
Population & demography
Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns) Social Structure, Social Inequality Economic Geography Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology Human Geography Demography Urban Geography and Urbanism Social Structure Economic Sociology Population and Demography Socio-Economic Segregation Residential Segregation Dissimiliarity Index Income Inequality Occupational Categories Socio-Economic Groups GINI-index Large Cities / Metropoles Neighbourhood Change Open Access Book Urban & municipal planning Social & ethical issues Sociology: work & labour Population & demography
Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality : A Global Perspective - Springer Nature 2021 - 1 electronic resource (523 p.)
Open Access
This open access book investigates the link between income inequality and socio-economic residential segregation in 24 large urban regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. It offers a unique global overview of segregation trends based on case studies by local author teams. The book shows important global trends in segregation, and proposes a Global Segregation Thesis. Rising inequalities lead to rising levels of socio-economic segregation almost everywhere in the world. Levels of inequality and segregation are higher in cities in lower income countries, but the growth in inequality and segregation is faster in cities in high-income countries. This is causing convergence of segregation trends. Professionalisation of the workforce is leading to changing residential patterns. High-income workers are moving to city centres or to attractive coastal areas and gated communities, while poverty is increasingly suburbanising. As a result, the urban geography of inequality changes faster and is more pronounced than changes in segregation levels. Rising levels of inequality and segregation pose huge challenges for the future social sustainability of cities, as cities are no longer places of opportunities for all.
Creative Commons
English
978-3-030-64569-4 9783030645694
10.1007/978-3-030-64569-4 doi
Urban & municipal planning
Social issues & processes
Economic geography
Sociology: work & labour
Human geography
Population & demography
Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns) Social Structure, Social Inequality Economic Geography Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology Human Geography Demography Urban Geography and Urbanism Social Structure Economic Sociology Population and Demography Socio-Economic Segregation Residential Segregation Dissimiliarity Index Income Inequality Occupational Categories Socio-Economic Groups GINI-index Large Cities / Metropoles Neighbourhood Change Open Access Book Urban & municipal planning Social & ethical issues Sociology: work & labour Population & demography