Population segregation

Date and country of first publication

1992
South Africa

Definition

Population segregation refers to the spatial separation of different groups of people within a specific geographic area, such as a city or region. This segregation can occur along various lines, including race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religion, or other demographic characteristics. The result is the formation of distinct neighborhoods or areas predominantly occupied by specific groups, leading to limited interaction and integration between these groups.

Related segregation forms

Population segregation is frequently discussed in the literature with the following segregation forms:

urban segregation, perceived segregation, european segregation, family segregation, residential segregation, spatial segregation, self segregation, social 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).

Notes

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Population segregation appears in the following literature

Beck J., Graham N., Sutter A. (1991). Lightness differences and the perceived segregation of regions and populations. Perception & Psychophysics, 49(3), 257-269. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214310

Christopher A.J. (1992). Urban segregation levels in the British overseas empire and its successors, in the twentieth century. Transactions - Institute of British Geographers, 17(1), 95-107. https://doi.org/10.2307/622639

Wong D.W.S. (1993). Spatial indices of segregation. Urban Studies, 30(3), 559-572. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420989320080551

Alperovich G., Deutsch J. (1996). Urban structure with two coexisting and almost completely segregated populations: The case of East and West Jerusalem. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 26(2), 171-187. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-0462(95)02124-8

Farber S., Páez A., Morency C. (2012). Activity spaces and the measurement of clustering and exposure: A case study of linguistic groups in Montreal. Environment and Planning A, 44(2), 315-332. https://doi.org/10.1068/a44203

Zia K., Saini D.K., Muhammad A., Ferscha A. (2018). Nature Inspired Computational Model of Population Desegregation under Group Leaders Influence. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 5(2), 532-543. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSS.2018.2818324

Smith D.A., Shen Y., Barros J., Zhong C., Batty M., Giannotti M. (202). A compact city for the wealthy? Employment accessibility inequalities between occupational classes in the London metropolitan region 2011. Journal of Transport Geography, 86(), -. Elsevier Ltd.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102767

Vilchis-Díaz R. (2021). The North American Racialization apparatus: The management of undesirable lives in the United States. Necropower in North America: The Legal Spatialization Of Disposability And Lucrative Death, 63-84. Springer International Publishing.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73659-0_4

Zia K., Giabbanelli P.J., Shafi M., Ferscha A. (2021). Why Honor Culture? Lessons Learned from an Agent Based Simulation Model. Proceedings of the 2021 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference, ANNSIM 2021, -. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..https://doi.org/10.23919/ANNSIM52504.2021.9552071

Abramovitz M., Smith R.J. (2021). The Persistence of Residential Segregation by Race, 1940 to 2010: The Role of Federal Housing Policy. Families in Society, 102(1), 5-32. SAGE Publications Ltd.https://doi.org/10.1177/1044389420923469

Cauvain J., Long G., Whiteley T., Farcot E. (2022). Show me the money: Income inequality and segregation in UK cities. Area, 54(4), 591-601. John Wiley and Sons Inc.https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12784

Hack K. (2022). Detention in Malaya, 1948 1960: Spatial Segregation and Reintegration Techniques. Social Sciences in Asia, 41(), 43-59. Brill Academic Publishers.https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004512573_004