Spatial measurement, geography, and urban racial inequality
Spatial measurement, geography, and urban racial inequality
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DOI：
10.1353/sof.2003.0031
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发表时间：
2003-03-01
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4.8
通讯作者：
Downey, L
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作者：
Downey, L
尽管许多城市种族不平等的模型对社会群体和社会商品的地理分布做出了预测，但这些预测很少在空间上进行测试。这是因为（1）使用社会科学数据集测量地理距离可能非常困难;（2）在研究居住隔离时，研究人员通常测量一个地区的隔离总程度，而不是一个地区内种族和民族群体的分布。本文克服了这些问题，介绍了地理信息系统（GIS）变量的建设技术，使研究人员能够更精确地测量社会群体和商品之间的距离比其他可能的，并通过展示使用地图来检查大都市地区内的社会群体和商品的分布的重要性。
Although many models of urban racial inequality make predictions about the geographic distribution of social groups and social goods, these predictions are rarely tested spatially. This is because (1) it can be extremely difficult to measure geographic distance using social science datasets and (2) when studying residential segregation, researchers generally measure the total extent of segregation in a region rather than the distribution of racial and ethnic groups within a region. This article overcomes these problems by introducing a geographic information system (GIS) variable construction technique that allows researchers to measure the distance between social groups and goods more precisely than is otherwise possible and by demonstrating the importance of using maps to examine the distribution of social groups and goods within metropolitan areas.