Area segregation

Date and country of first publication

2011
United States

Definition

Area segregation refers to the division or separation of spaces within a geographic area, typically based on various factors such as socio-economic status, race, ethnicity, or other demographic characteristics. This segregation can manifest in different ways, such as residential segregation, where certain groups tend to live in specific neighborhoods or areas, or in terms of access to resources and opportunities like education, employment, and services. Area segregation can result from historical processes, institutional practices, discriminatory policies, or individual choices, and it often has significant implications for social equity, community cohesion, and access to resources and opportunities.

Synonyms

The following terms are synonymous with area segregation:

area level segregation.

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

Related segregation forms

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

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).

Notes

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Area segregation appears in the following literature

Frankenberg E. (2009). Splintering school districts: Understanding the link between segregation and fragmentation. Law and Social Inquiry, 34(4), 869-909. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4469.2009.01166.x

Reardon S.F., Farrell C.R., Matthews S.A., O'Sullivan D., Bischoff K., Firebaugh G. (2009). Race and space in the 1990s: Changes in the geographic scale of racial residential segregation, 1990 2000. Social Science Research, 38(1), 55-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.10.002

Hao Y., Landrine H., Smith T., Kaw C., Corral I., Stein K. (2011). Residential Segregation and Disparities in Health Related Quality of Life Among Black and White Cancer Survivors. Health Psychology, 30(2), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022096

Nelson K.A. (2013). Does residential segregation help or hurt? Exploring differences in the relationship between segregation and health among U.S. Hispanics by nativity and ethnic subgroup. Social Science Journal, 50(4), 646-657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2013.09.010

Kwate N.O.A., Yau C.-Y., Loh J.-M., Williams D. (2013). Inequality in Obesigenic Environments: Fast Food Density in New York City. Taking Food Public: Redefining Foodways in a Changing World, 115-126. Taylor and Francis.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315881065-16

Steil J., de la Roca J., Ellen I.G. (2015). Desvinculado y Desigual: Is Segregation Harmful to Latinos?. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 660(1), 57-76. SAGE Publications Inc..https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716215576092

Lichter D.T., Parisi D., Taquino M.C. (2016). Emerging Patterns of Hispanic Residential Segregation: Lessons from Rural and Small Town America. Rural Sociology, 81(4), 483-518. Rural Sociological Society.https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12108

Rowe E.E., Lubienski C. (2017). Shopping for schools or shopping for peers: public schools and catchment area segregation. Journal of Education Policy, 32(3), 340-356. Routledge.https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2016.1263363

Roca J.D.L., Ellen I.G., Steil J. (2018). Does segregation matter for Latinos?. Journal of Housing Economics, 40(), 129-141. Academic Press Inc..https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2017.10.003

Bernelius V., Vilkama K. (2019). Pupils on the move: School catchment area segregation and residential mobility of urban families. Urban Studies, 56(15), 3095-3116. SAGE Publications Ltd.https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098019848999

Trounstine J. (202). The Geography of Inequality: How Land Use Regulation Produces Segregation. American Political Science Review, 114(2), 443-455. Cambridge University Press.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055419000844