Bifurcation, fragmentation or integration? The racial and geographical structure of US metropolitan segregation, 1990-2000
Bifurcation, fragmentation or integration? The racial and geographical structure of US metropolitan segregation, 1990-2000
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DOI：
10.1177/0042098007087332
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
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4.7
通讯作者：
Farrell, Chad R.
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作者：
Farrell, Chad R.
种族居住隔离仍然是一个感兴趣的话题，因为它对更广泛的种族分层的影响。然而，对这一主题的学术研究往往忽视了大都市的种族多样性和城市空间的等级性质。本文提出了一个多组，多层次的框架来评估美国大都市地区种族和地理结构的变化隔离。研究发现，种族隔离的总体下降几乎完全是由于大城市内白色/非白色分支的侵蚀。城市核心区和郊区之间的鸿沟即使不是隔离的决定性组成部分，也是相当大的，郊区社区之间的种族差别正在增加。很少有证据表明黑人、拉丁裔和亚洲大都市居民正在分裂成同质的飞地，而且考虑到这些群体的相对人口规模，这些群体之间的隔离通常比预期的总体隔离程度要低。总而言之，城市和郊区的市政当局正在取代街区，成为大都市隔离的中心组织单位。
Racial residential segregation remains a topic of interest due to its impact on broader racial stratification. However, scholarly inquiry into the subject often ignores metropolitan racial diversity and the hierarchical nature of urban space. This paper proposes a multigroup, multilevel framework to assess the shifting racial and geographical structure of segregation in US metropolitan areas. It is found that overall declines in segregation are due almost entirely to the erosion of White/non-White bifurcation within large cities. The divide between the urban core and suburban ring remains a substantial if not defining component of segregation and racial distinctions between suburban communities are increasing. There is less evidence that Black, Latino and Asian metropolitan residents are fragmenting into homogeneous enclaves and segregation among these groups generally accounts for less overall segregation than would be expected given their relative population size. All told, urban and suburban municipalities are replacing neighbourhoods as the central organising units of metropolitan segregation.