Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality

Multidisciplinary perspectives on segregation in the United States and other developed countries.

Desegregating the City takes a global, multidisciplinary look at segregation and the strengths and weaknesses of different antisegregation strategies in the United States and other developed countries. In contrast to previous works focusing exclusively on racial ghettos (products of coercion), this book also discusses ethnic enclaves (products of choice) in cities like Belfast, Toronto, Amsterdam, and New York.

Since 9/11 the ghetto-enclave distinction has become blurred as crime and disorder have emanated from both European immigrant ethnic enclaves and America's ghettos. The contributors offer a variety of tools for addressing the problems of racial and income segregation, including school integration, area-based "fair share" housing requirements, place-based mixed-income housing development, and expanded demand-side residential subsidy options such as housing vouchers. By exploring these alternatives and their consequences, Desegregating the City provides the basis for a combination of flexible antisegregation strategies.

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Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality

Multidisciplinary perspectives on segregation in the United States and other developed countries.

Desegregating the City takes a global, multidisciplinary look at segregation and the strengths and weaknesses of different antisegregation strategies in the United States and other developed countries. In contrast to previous works focusing exclusively on racial ghettos (products of coercion), this book also discusses ethnic enclaves (products of choice) in cities like Belfast, Toronto, Amsterdam, and New York.

Since 9/11 the ghetto-enclave distinction has become blurred as crime and disorder have emanated from both European immigrant ethnic enclaves and America's ghettos. The contributors offer a variety of tools for addressing the problems of racial and income segregation, including school integration, area-based "fair share" housing requirements, place-based mixed-income housing development, and expanded demand-side residential subsidy options such as housing vouchers. By exploring these alternatives and their consequences, Desegregating the City provides the basis for a combination of flexible antisegregation strategies.

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Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality

Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality

by David P. Varady (Editor)
Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality

Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality

by David P. Varady (Editor)

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Multidisciplinary perspectives on segregation in the United States and other developed countries.

Desegregating the City takes a global, multidisciplinary look at segregation and the strengths and weaknesses of different antisegregation strategies in the United States and other developed countries. In contrast to previous works focusing exclusively on racial ghettos (products of coercion), this book also discusses ethnic enclaves (products of choice) in cities like Belfast, Toronto, Amsterdam, and New York.

Since 9/11 the ghetto-enclave distinction has become blurred as crime and disorder have emanated from both European immigrant ethnic enclaves and America's ghettos. The contributors offer a variety of tools for addressing the problems of racial and income segregation, including school integration, area-based "fair share" housing requirements, place-based mixed-income housing development, and expanded demand-side residential subsidy options such as housing vouchers. By exploring these alternatives and their consequences, Desegregating the City provides the basis for a combination of flexible antisegregation strategies.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780791483282
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 02/01/2012
Series: SUNY series in African American Studies
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 332
File size: 706 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

David P. Varady is Professor in the School of Planning at the University of Cincinnati. He is the author of Neighborhood Upgrading: A Realistic Assessment and the coauthor (with Jeffrey A. Raffel) of Selling Cities: Attracting Homebuyers Through Schools and Housing Programs, both published by SUNY Press.

Table of Contents

Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Part I: Defining Segregation and Its Consequences


1. Enclaves Yes, Ghettos No: Segregation and the State
PETER MARCUSE


2. The Ghetto and the Ethnic Enclave
CERI PEACH


3. Ethnic Segregation in a Multicultural City
MOHAMMAD A. QADEER


4. Urban Ethnic Segregation and the Scenarios Spectrum
FREDERICK W. BOAL


5. Social Capital and Segregation in the United States
XAVIER DE SOUZA BRIGGS


6. Causes and Consequences of Rapid Urban Spatial Segregation: The New Towns of Tegucigalpa
GLENN PEARCE-OROZ


Part II: Housing Markets, Public Policies and Land Use


7. Experiencing Residential Segregation: A Contemporary Study of Washington, D.C.
GREGORY D. SQUIRES, SAMANTHA FRIEDMAN, AND CATHERINE E. SAIDAT


8. Inequality, Segregation and Housing Markets: The U.S. Case
N. ARIEL ESPINO


9. An Economic View of the Causes as Well as the Costs and Some of the Benefits of Urban Spatial Segregation
ROBERT W. WASSMER


10. Does Density Exacerbate Income Segregation? Evidence from U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1980–1990
ROLF PENDALL


11. Sprawl and Segregation: Another Side of the Los Angeles Debate
TRIDIB BANERJEE AND NIRAJ VERMA


12. Housing Subsidies and Urban Segregation: A Reflection on the Case of South Africa
MARIE HUCHZERMEYER


13. Suburbs and Segregation in South African Cities: A Challenge for Metropolitan Governance in the Early Twenty-First Century
ALAN MABIN


Conclusion: Desegregating the City


Bibliography


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