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Book SynopsisThis open access book investigates the link between income inequality and socio-economic residential segregation in 24 large urban regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. It offers a unique global overview of segregation trends based on case studies by local author teams. The book shows important global trends in segregation, and proposes a Global Segregation Thesis.
Rising inequalities lead to rising levels of socio-economic segregation almost everywhere in the world. Levels of inequality and segregation are higher in cities in lower income countries, but the growth in inequality and segregation is faster in cities in high-income countries. This is causing convergence of segregation trends. Professionalisation of the workforce is leading to changing residential patterns. High-income workers are moving to city centres or to attractive coastal areas and gated communities, while poverty is increasingly suburbanising. As a result, the urban geography of inequality changes faster and is more pronounced than changes in segregation levels. Rising levels of inequality and segregation pose huge challenges for the future social sustainability of cities, as cities are no longer places of opportunities for all.
Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction.- Rising inequalities and a changing social geography of cities. An introduction to the global segregation book.- Residential segregation between income groups in international perspective.- Part 2: Africa.- Income inequality, socio-economic status and residential segregation in Greater Cairo: 1986-2006.- Social inequality and spatial segregation in Cape Town.- Income inequality and socio-economic segregation in the city of Johannesburg.- Part 3: Asia.- Dual land regime, income inequalities and multifaceted socio-economic and spatial segregation in Hong Kong.- Income inequality and socioeconomic segregation in Jakarta.- Socio-spatial segregation and exclusion in Mumbai.- Social polarisation and socio-economic segregation in Shanghai, China: Evidence from 2000 and 2010 censuses.- Increasing inequality and the changing spatial distribution of income in Tel-Aviv.- Changes in occupational structure and residential segregation in Tokyo.- Part 4: Australia.- The land of the ‘fair go’? Mapping income inequality and socioeconomic segregation across Melbourne neighbourhoods.- Part 5: Europe.- Making sense of segregation in a well-connected city: the case of Berlin.
