Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality

Přispěvatelé: van Ham, Maarten, Tammaru, Tiit, Ubarevičienė, Rūta, Janssen, Heleen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
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
bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences
geography
environment
planning::RP Regional & area planning::RPC Urban & municipal planning

bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes
bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences
geography
environment
planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography::RGCM Economic geography

bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work & labour
bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences
geography
environment
planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography

bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population & demography
Druh dokumentu: book
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-64569-4
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OAPEN Library