Frontiers in Residential Segregation: Understanding Neighbourhood Boundaries and Their Impacts

Dean, Nema; Dong, Guanpeng; Piekut, Aneta; Pryce, Gwilym

doi:10.1111/tesg.12316

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“…They invite examination of what created the differences and of the on-going impact they have on the populations who live there ( Anciaes et al, 2016 ; Kramer, 2018 ). They have generated interest in methods of spatial analysis that do not smooth-over spatially significant microscale discontinuities ( Dong et al, 2020 ) that have been described as social frontiers ( Dean et al, 2019 ).…”

Section: The Geography Of Covid-19 Fatalities In London During the Inmentioning

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Exploring the neighbourhood-level correlates of Covid-19 deaths in London using a difference across spatial boundaries method

Harris

2020

Health & Place

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This paper explores neighbourhood-level correlates of the Covid-19 deaths in London during the initial rise and peak of the pandemic within the UK – the period March 1 to April 17, 2020. It asks whether the person-level predictors of Covid-19 that are identified in reports by Public Health England and by the Office of National Statistics also hold at a neighbourhood scale, remaining evident in the differences between neighbours. In examining this, the paper focuses on localised differences in the number of deaths, putting forward an innovative method of analysis that looks at the differences between places that share a border. Specifically, a difference across spatial boundaries method is employed to consider whether a higher number of deaths in one neighbourhood, when compared to its neighbours, is related to other differences between those contiguous locations. It is also used to map localised ‘hot spots’ and to look for spatial variation in the regression coefficients. The results are compared to those for a later period, April 18 – May 31. The findings show that despite some spatial diffusion of the disease, a greater number of deaths continues to be associated with Asian and Black ethnic groups, socio-economic disadvantage, very large households (likely indicative of residential overcrowding), and fewer from younger age groups. The analysis adds to the evidence showing that age, wealth/deprivation, and ethnicity are key risk factors associated with higher mortality rates from Covid-19.

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Section: The Geography Of Covid-19 Fatalities In London During the Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the neighbourhood-level correlates of Covid-19 deaths in London using a difference across spatial boundaries method

Harris

2020

Health & Place

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“…It is not only the overall degree of spatial separation that matters but also the nature of transitions between residential communities. Dean et al (2018), for example, have argued that sharp spatial transitions ('social frontiers') between two groups rather than gradual blending of residents across neighbourhood boundaries may indicate an aversion to living near members of the other group. This in turn may be indicative of social tensions and potential conflict.…”

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Diverse neighbourhoods: an analysis of the residential distribution of immigrants in Ireland

Fahey¹,

Russell²,

McGinnity³

et al. 2019

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Diverse communities are an integral part of Irish life, with almost 12 per cent of people living here having a nationality other than Irish, and a growing second and third generation of Irish-born children of migrants. Where migrants live is key to their social inclusion: the neighbourhoods they call home. Ireland's National Migrant Integration Strategy is one way in which we are trying to remove barriers to fully realising the potential and opportunities that diversity can bring. The Strategy is underpinned by the vision that migrants are facilitated to play a full role in Irish society, that integration is a core principle of Irish life and that Irish society and institutions work together to promote social inclusion. Reliable data are essential if we are to develop appropriate responses to challenges and barriers that migrants and their children may face in participating fully and developing a sense of belonging. The Department of Justice and Equality is funding an integration research programme with the ESRI that aims to provide good evidence for policy on integration.

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“…They may suggest that only a subset of boundary/transitional areas is well-defined. These bounding approaches focus exclusively on identifying zones of rapid change rather than providing membership into discrete categories (in a processes referred to as "wombling") (Womble, 1951;Bocquet-Appel and Bacro, 1994;Lu et al, 2007;Dean et al, 2018). Another rejection of classical region assumptions in urban regional science involves the rejection of shared context.…”

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The Dynamics of Urban Neighborhoods: A Survey of Approaches for Modeling Socio-Spatial Structure

Knaap¹,

Wolf²,

Rey³

et al. 2019

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For close to a century, researchers from across the disciplines of Urban Studies have developed empirical models for understanding the spatial extent and social composition of urban neighborhoods--and how these dimensions change over time. Unfortunately, however, these techniques have often been developed within disciplinary silos and without broad exposure to other potentially interested constituencies. In this paper, we traverse the literatures of social science, computer science, and statistics to examine a variety of modeling techniques for understanding neighborhood dynamics. We begin our review by examining early concepts of spatial structure first outlined in the Chicago School and discuss how the notions of social ecology and quantitative neighborhood analysis permeated the urban studies for several decades to come. Our survey continues by reviewing contemporary statistical approaches for identifying urban neighborhoods, culminating with the state of the art in subfields known as `geodemographics' and `regionalization'. Following this review, we offer insight into the field's persistent conceptual issues, identify areas ripe for additional research, and highlight newly-developed computational methods that can inform more just and socially equitable public policy, community development, and accountable governance.

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Frontiers in Residential Segregation: Understanding Neighbourhood Boundaries and Their Impacts

Cited by 40 publications

References 46 publications

Exploring the neighbourhood-level correlates of Covid-19 deaths in London using a difference across spatial boundaries method

Exploring the neighbourhood-level correlates of Covid-19 deaths in London using a difference across spatial boundaries method

Diverse neighbourhoods: an analysis of the residential distribution of immigrants in Ireland

The Dynamics of Urban Neighborhoods: A Survey of Approaches for Modeling Socio-Spatial Structure

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