Desegregating the city : ghettos, enclaves, and inequality / / edited by David P. Varady

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953737303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, N.Y., : State University of New York Press, c2005
• ISBN: 9780791483282; 0791483282; 9781423744214; 1423744217
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series in African American studies
• Altri autori (Persone): VaradyDavid P
• Disciplina: 307.760973
• Soggetti: Inner cities - United States; Segregation - United States; United States Ethnic relations; United States Social conditions 1980-2020
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-290) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I. Defining Segregation and Its Consequences -- 1. ENCLAVES YES, GHETTOS NO: Segregation and the State -- 2. THE GHETTO AND THE ETHNIC ENCLAVE -- 3. ETHNIC SEGREGATION IN A MULTICULTURAL CITY -- 4. URBAN ETHNIC SEGREGATION AND THE SCENARIOS SPECTRUM -- 5. SOCIAL CAPITAL AND SEGREGATION IN THE UNITED STATES -- 6. CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF RAPID URBAN SPATIAL SEGREGATION: The New Towns of Tegucigalpa -- Part II. Housing Markets, Public Policies, and Land Use -- 7. EXPERIENCING RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION A: Contemporary Study of Washington, D.C. -- 8. INEQUALITY, SEGREGATION, AND HOUSING MARKETS: The U.S. Case -- 9. AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF THE CAUSES AS WELL AS THE COSTS AND SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF URBAN SPATIAL SEGREGATION -- 10. DOES DENSITY EXACERBATE INCOME SEGREGATION? EVIDENCE FROM U.S. METROPOLITAN AREAS, 1980-1990 -- 11. SPRAWL AND SEGREGATION: Another Side of the Los Angeles Debate -- 12. HOUSING SUBSIDIES AND ; URBAN SEGREGATION: A Reflection on the Case of South Africa -- 13. SUBURBS AND SEGREGATION IN SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES: A Challenge for Metropolitan Governance in the Early Twenty-First Century -- 14. CONCLUSION: Desegregating the City -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Multidisciplinary perspectives on segregation in the United States and other developed countries.