Metropolitan racial segregation

Date and country of first publication

2008
United States

Definition

Metropolitan racial segregation refers to the separation of individuals of different races within a metropolitan area. This may occur through various means such as discriminatory housing policies, economic disparities, social prejudices, and historical patterns of racial segregation. As a result, certain neighborhoods or areas within a city may be predominantly inhabited by people of a certain race, leading to a lack of diversity and potentially perpetuating inequalities in opportunities and resources. Efforts to address metropolitan racial segregation often involve policies aimed at promoting integration, fair housing practices, and addressing underlying systemic issues contributing to segregation.

Related segregation forms

Metropolitan racial segregation is frequently discussed in the literature with the following segregation forms:

residential segregation, racial segregation, racial residential segregation

This visualization is based on the study The Multidisciplinary Landscape of Segregation Research.

For the complete network of interrelated segregation forms, please refer to:

• First year of publication

• Louvain clusters

• Betweenness centrality

• Disciplines in which segregation forms first emerged (Scopus database).

Metropolitan racial segregation appears in the following literature

Reardon S.F., Matthews S.A., O'Sullivan D., Lee B.A., Firebaugh G., Farrell C.R., Bischoff K. (2008). The geographic scale of metropolitan racial segregation. Demography, 45(3), 489-514. Duke University Press.https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0019