Segregated by Neighbourhoods? A Portrait of Ethnic Diversity in the Neighbourhoods of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
Segregated by Neighbourhoods? A Portrait of Ethnic Diversity in the Neighbourhoods of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
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DOI：
10.1002/psp.551
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发表时间：
2010-11-01
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2.4
通讯作者：
Owusu, George
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作者：
Agyei-Mensah, Samuel;Owusu, George
对城市族裔的研究表明，族裔群体最初集中在相对封闭的居民区，其他群体成员很少。人们普遍认为，这种向少数民族聚居地的集中是劳动力和住房市场上的劣势和歧视造成的，再加上希望居住地集中，以促进和保障群体的文化、社会经济和人身安全。阿克拉大都市区的居民区在多大程度上反映了这些城市族裔格局，造成城市族裔群体集中的因素是什么？使用基于人口普查数据的区位商指数，本文考察了阿克拉社区的族裔多样性和集中程度。研究结果表明，阿克拉没有遵循西方的隔离模式，也没有单一的非洲隔离模式，而是有许多非洲的轨迹。经济隔离是阿克拉居住隔离的组织力量，它通过几个社会标志发挥作用，其中之一仍然是向阿克拉移民的种族历史。版权所有（C）2009约翰威利父子有限公司
Studies of urban ethnicity have portrayed ethnic groups as initially concentrating in locations where they live in relatively exclusive residential areas containing few members of other groups. This concentration into ethnic enclaves is commonly regarded as a result of disadvantage and discrimination in the labour and housing markets, coupled with a desire for residential concentration to promote and guarantee group cultural, socioeconomic and physical security. To what extent do the neighbourhoods of Accra Metropolitan Area reflect these urban ethnicity patterns, and what are the factors shaping the concentration of ethnic groups in the city? Using the Location Quotient Index based on census data, the paper examines the degree of ethnic diversity and concentration in the neighbourhoods of Accra. The findings of the study reveal that Accra is not following a Western model of segregation, neither is there a single model of African segregation, but rather many African trajectories. Economic segregation is the organising force underlying residential segregation in Accra, and this operates through several social markers, one of which remains the ethnic history of migration to Accra. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.