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

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Author:   David P. Varady
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Edition:   Annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780791464601

ISBN 10:   0791464601
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   01 January 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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 Contributors

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...the book has significant and impressive breadth. - H-Net Reviews (H-Urban) The contributors present a wide variety of useful and thought-provoking research, theory, case material, and policy recommendations. - Leonard F. Heumann, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"""...the book has significant and impressive breadth."" - H-Net Reviews (H-Urban) ""The contributors present a wide variety of useful and thought-provoking research, theory, case material, and policy recommendations."" - Leonard F. Heumann, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"

Author Information

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.

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