Local segregation

Date and country of first publication

2002
United States

Definition

Local segregation refers to the separation of different racial or ethnic groups within a specific geographic area, such as a neighborhood, town, or city. This can be the result of various factors, including historical patterns of discrimination, economic disparities, and social attitudes. Local segregation can have negative impacts on communities, leading to unequal access to resources, limited social interactions, and perpetuation of stereotypes and prejudices. Efforts to address local segregation often involve policies and initiatives aimed at promoting diversity, inclusion, and equity in housing, education, and other areas.

Synonyms

The following terms are synonymous with local segregation:

localized segregation.

References and literature addressing this segregation form under these synonymous terms can be found below.

Related segregation forms

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

residential segregation, social segregation, occupational segregation, racial segregation, ethnic segregation, spatial segregation, housing segregation, ethnoracial segregation, racial residential segregation, gender segregation, group segregation, urban 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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Local segregation appears in the following literature

Wong D.W.S. (2002). Modeling local segregation: A spatial interaction approach. Geographical and Environmental Modelling, 6(1), 81-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/13615930220127305

Wong D.W.S. (2003). Spatial decomposition of segregation indices: A framework toward measuring segregation at multiple levels. Geographical Analysis, 35(3), 179-194. Ohio State University.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-4632.2003.tb01109.x

Le Goix R. (2005). Gated communities: Sprawl and social segregation in Southern California. Housing Studies, 20(2), 323-343. https://doi.org/10.1080/026730303042000331808

Pennick A.A., Stanback H. (2006). The affordable housing crisis in the chicago region. The New Chicago: A Social and Cultural Analysis, 231-238. Temple University Press.https://doi.org/

Grady S.C., McLafferty S. (2007). Segregation, nativity, and health: Reproductive health inequalities for immigrant and native born black women in New York City. Urban Geography, 28(4), 377-397. https://doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.28.4.377

Chung S.-Y., Brown L.A. (2007). Racial/ethnic residential sorting in spatial context: Testing the explanatory frameworks. Urban Geography, 28(4), 312-339. https://doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.28.4.312

Wong D.W. (2009). Segregation Indices. International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 70-75. Elsevier Inc..https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00512-5

del Río C., Alonso-Villar O. (201). Gender Segregation in the Spanish Labor Market: An Alternative Approach. Social Indicators Research, 98(2), 337-362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-009-9548-0

Alonso-Villar O., Del Río C. (201). Segregation of female and male workers in Spain: Occupations and industries. Hacienda Publica Espanola, 194(3), 91-121. https://doi.org/

Alonso-Villar O., del Río C. (201). Local versus overall segregation measures. Mathematical Social Sciences, 60(1), 30-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2010.03.002

Río C.D., Alonso-Villar O. (2012). Occupational segregation measures: A role for status. Research on Economic Inequality, 20(), 37-62. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-2585(2012)0000020005

Bhavnani R., Donnay K., Miodownik D., Mor M., Helbing D. (2014). Group segregation and urban violence. American Journal of Political Science, 58(1), 226-245. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12045

Krivo L.J., Byron R.A., Calder C.A., Peterson R.D., Browning C.R., Kwan M.-P., Lee J.Y. (2015). Patterns of local segregation: Do they matter for neighborhood crime?. Social Science Research, 54(), 303-318. Academic Press Inc..https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.08.005

Krivo L.J., Byron R.A., Calder C.A., Peterson R.D., Browning C.R., Kwan M.-P., Lee J.Y. (2015). Patterns of local segregation: Do they matter for neighborhood crime?. Social Science Research, 54(), 303-318. Academic Press Inc..https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.08.005

del Río C., Alonso-Villar O. (2015). The Evolution of Occupational Segregation in the United States, 1940 2010: Gains and Losses of Gender Race/Ethnicity Groups. Demography, 52(3), 967-988. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0390-5

Li J., Lim J., Chen Y., Wong K., Thakor N., Bezerianos A., Sun Y. (2016). Mid task break improves global integration of functional connectivity in lower alpha band. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10(), -. Frontiers Media S. A.https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00304

Folch D.C., Rey S.J. (2016). The centralization index: A measure of local spatial segregation. Papers in Regional Science, 95(3), 555-576. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12145

Agrawal T. (2016). Occupational Segregation in the Indian Labour Market. European Journal of Development Research, 28(2), 330-351. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd..https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2015.10

Alonso-Villar O., Del Río C. (2017). Local Segregation and Well Being. Review of Income and Wealth, 63(2), 269-287. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12224

Kasara K. (2017). Does local ethnic segregation lead to violence?: Evidence from Kenya. Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 11(4), 441-470. Now Publishers Inc.https://doi.org/10.1561/100.00014115

Turunen P. (2017). Community work as a socio spatial response to the challenge of glocal segregation and vulnerability. Social Work in a Glocalised World, 169-185. Taylor and Francis Inc..https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315628417

Peterson R.D., Krivo L.J., Browning C.R. (2017). Segregation and Race/Ethnic Inequality in Crime: New Directions. Taking Stock: The Status of Criminological Theory: Advances in Criminological Theory: Volume 15, 15(), 169-188. Taylor and Francis.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315130620-7

Lévêque C., Saleh M. (2018). Does industrialization affect segregation? Evidence from nineteenth century Cairo. Explorations in Economic History, 67(), 40-61. Academic Press Inc..https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2017.08.001

Tajima Y., Samphantharak K., Ostwald K. (2018). Ethnic segregation and public goods: Evidence from Indonesia. American Political Science Review, 112(3), 637-653. Cambridge University Press.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055418000138

Kramer R., Kramer P. (2019). Diversifying but not Integrating: Entropic Measures of Local Segregation. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 110(3), 251-270. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12306

Coffey D., Deshpande A., Hammer J., Spears D. (2019). Local Social Inequality, Economic Inequality, and Disparities in Child Height in India. Demography, 56(4), 1427-1452. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-019-00794-2

Sydes M. (2019). Where immigrants live: capturing ethnic segregation at the local level in two Australian cities. Australian Geographer, 50(2), 221-241. Routledge.https://doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2018.1512184

Wong D.W.S. (2019). Segregation Indices. International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition, 125-131. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102295-5.10316-6

Sillero N., Argaña E., Matos C., Franch M., Kaliontzopoulou A., Carretero M.A. (202). Local segregation of realised niches in lizards. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9(12), -. MDPI AG.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9120764

Chen V.C.-H., Kao C.-J., Tsai Y.-H., Cheok M.T., McIntyre R.S., Weng J.-C. (2021). Assessment of Disrupted Brain Structural Connectome in Depressive Patients With Suicidal Ideation Using Generalized Q Sampling MRI. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15(), -. Frontiers Media S.A..https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.711731

de Kadt D., Sands M.L. (2021). Racial Isolation Drives Racial Voting: Evidence from the New South Africa. Political Behavior, 43(1), 87-117. Springer.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-019-09547-8

Feitosa F., Barros J., Marques E., Giannotti M. (2021). Measuring Changes in Residential Segregation in São Paulo in the 2000s. Urban Book Series, 507-523. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64569-4_26

del Río C., Alonso-Villar O. (2022). On Measuring Segregation in a Multigroup Context: Standardized Versus Unstandardized Indices. Social Indicators Research, 163(2), 633-659. Springer Science and Business Media B.V..https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-022-02911-y

Brandén M., Bygren M. (2022). The opportunity structure of segregation: School choice and school segregation in Sweden. Acta Sociologica (United Kingdom), 65(4), 420-438. SAGE Publications Ltd.https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993211068318

Planey A.M., Grady S.C., Fetaw R., McLafferty S.L. (2022). Spaces of Segregation and Health: Complex Associations for Black Immigrant and US Born Mothers in New York City. Journal of Urban Health, 99(3), 469-481. Springer.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-022-00634-6

Fuller B., Bathia S., Bridges M., Kim Y., Galindo C., Lagos F. (2022). Variation in the Local Segregation of Latino Children Role of Place, Poverty, and Culture. American Journal of Education, 128(2), 245-280. University of Chicago Press.https://doi.org/10.1086/717674

He Q., Musterd S., Boterman W. (2022). Geographical structure of the local segregation of migrants in (sub)urban China. GeoJournal, -. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-022-10693-6

Zhang Y., Cai L., Song G., Liu L., Zhu C. (2022). From Residential Neighborhood to Activity Space: The Effects of Educational Segregation on Crime and Their Moderation by Social Context. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 112(8), 2393-2412. Taylor and Francis Ltd..https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2022.2060793