Urban Segregation and Governance in the Americas [electronic resource] /
Roberts, B.editor.
Wilson, R.editor.
Residential segregation is a key issue for good governance in Latin American cities. The isolation of people of different social classes or ethnicities has potential political and social consequences, including differential access to and quality of education, health and other services. This volume uses the recent availability of geo-coded census data and techniques of spatial analysis to conduct the first detailed comparative examination of residential segregation in six major Latin American metropolises, with Austin, Texas, as a US comparison. It demonstrates the high degree of residential segregation of contemporary Latin American cities and discusses implications for the welfare of urban residents.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Residential segregation and governance in the Americas: an overview / Bryan R. Roberts and Robert H. Wilson -- Advances in research methods for the study of urban segregation / Carolina Flores -- Residential segregation in greater Buenos Aires / Fernando Groisman and Ana Lourdes Suárez -- Urban governance and intra-urban population differentials in Latin America: a case study of metropolitan Lima, Peru / Paul A. Peters -- Residential segregation in the Mexico City metropolitan area, 1990-2000 / Andrés Villarreal and Erin R. Hamilton -- Residential segregation in Montevideo: challenges to educational equality / Ruben Kaztman and Alejandro Retamoso -- Residential segregation in Santiago: scale-related effects and trends, 1992-2002 / Francisco Sabatini ... [et al.] -- Residential segregation in São Paulo: consequences for urban policies / Haroldo da Gama Torres and Renata Mirandola Bichir -- The process of cumulative disadvantage: concentration of poverty and the quality of public education in the metropolitan region of Campinas / José Marcos Pinto da Cunha and Maren Andrea Jiménez -- Changing patterns of residential segregation in Austin / Carolina Flores and Robert H. Wilson -- Spatial differentiation, inequality, and urban policy: the findings / Bryan R. Roberts and Robert H. Wilson.
Residential segregation is a key issue for good governance in Latin American cities. The isolation of people of different social classes or ethnicities has potential political and social consequences, including differential access to and quality of education, health and other services. This volume uses the recent availability of geo-coded census data and techniques of spatial analysis to conduct the first detailed comparative examination of residential segregation in six major Latin American metropolises, with Austin, Texas, as a US comparison. It demonstrates the high degree of residential segregation of contemporary Latin American cities and discusses implications for the welfare of urban residents.
Latin America—Politics and government.
Political sociology.
Public policy.
Ethnology—Latin America.
Political science.
Political economy.
Latin American Politics.
Political Sociology.
Public Policy.
Latin American Culture.
Political Science.
International Political Economy.