How Entrenched Is the Spatial Structure of Inequality in Cities? Evidence from the Integration of Census and Housing Data for Denver from 1940 to 2016

Connor, Dylan; Gutmann, Myron P.; Cunningham, Angela; Clement, Kerri Keller; Leyk, Stefan

doi:10.1080/24694452.2019.1667218

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“…The most favorable combination of local circumstances is obviously better local labor market conditions and inclusive access to quality schooling in early life. As with other recent analyses of spatial inequality (20,40), our findings of persistence are particularly revealing in this respect: Much of the South, which compares unfavorably in terms of schooling and other social contextual influences, has resisted major improvements in upward mobility despite considerable growth in employment and economic output; in relative terms, the Northeast and the West compare favorably along both dimensions.…”

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confidence: 85%

The changing geography of social mobility in the United States

Connor

Storper

2020

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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New evidence shows that intergenerational social mobility—the rate at which children born into poverty climb the income ladder—varies considerably across the United States. Is this current geography of opportunity something new or does it reflect a continuation of long-term trends? We answer this question by constructing data on the levels and determinants of social mobility across American regions over the 20th century. We find that the changing geography of opportunity-generating economic activity restructures the landscape of intergenerational mobility, but factors associated with specific regional structures of interpersonal and racial inequality that have “deep roots” generate persistence. This is evident in the sharp decline in social mobility in the Midwest as economic activity has shifted away from it and the consistently low levels of opportunity in the South even as economic activity has shifted toward it. We conclude that the long-term geography of social mobility can be understood through the deep roots and changing economic fortunes of places.

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confidence: 85%

The changing geography of social mobility in the United States

Connor

Storper

2020

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…On the surface, the patterns of mobility and visits of Twitter users remain relatively stable over the five-plus years of the study period. This echoes findings elsewhere in the literature that neighborhoods mostly stay the same over time rather than experiencing drastic change (Solari 2012;Cortright and Mahmoudi 2014;Delmelle 2017;Malone and Redfearn 2018;Connor et al 2020;Kinahan, forthcoming). In this case, however, our analysis shows that this stability in neighborhood character not only applies to the internal characteristics of neighborhoods, but also how neighborhoods connect to each other relationally.…”

Section: Figure 3: Connections Between Users' Home Location and Visits To Other Census Tracts Lines Represent Visits; The Shading In The supporting

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Changing neighborhoods, shifting connections: mapping relational geographies of gentrification using social media data

2021

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The emergence of new sources of so-called 'big data' is regularly described as revolutionizing the study of urban life. Of particular interest is gentrification, which has been measured and mapped in fairly standard ways -even as its place in the broader public consciousness has grown rapidly. We argue that big data offers a new approach to the persistent problem of defining and measuring gentrification. Moreover, using big data also allows us to rethink broader questions about theory and methodological approaches in urban geography and GIScience. Using geotagged Twitter data as an indicator of social activity and connections, we demonstrate how the changing geographies of users' tweets are proxies for the evolving social and spatial contours of urban neighborhoods. We use the case of Lexington, Kentucky and its gentrifying Northside to analyze the evolving mobilities and relational connections of neighborhood residents and visitors as gentrification intensified over time. We argue that these kinds of big data allow for an analytical approach that focuses on the dynamic, relational connections between people and places, and provides a useful, additional avenue in understanding a process as complex and multifaceted as gentrification.

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“…5g). Historical developments such as these, which have been and will be the focus of ongoing research efforts 31,49 , undergird many of the broader patterns we observe here. While we do not attempt to grapple with these issues in this study, the approaches we articulate provide vast opportunities for enhanced understanding of the complex social, political and economic interactions that have brought about widespread historical spatial change.…”

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“…Moreover, our analytical framework and the underlying data provide valuable insight for city and regional planners, allowing for the identification and forecasting of fine and coarse development trajectories. Knowledge of these trajectories may be particularly valuable in tackling issues related to environmental change, transportation and inequality 49 . We demonstrate how innovative data derivatives can be used to quantitatively assess different urban characteristics and their changes at fine spatial and temporal granularity.…”

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A century of decoupling size and structure of urban spaces in the United States

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Connor

Leyk

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Commun Earth Environ

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Most cities in the United States of America are thought to have followed similar development trajectories to evolve into their present form. However, data on spatial development of cities are limited prior to 1970. Here we leverage a compilation of high-resolution spatial land use and building data to examine the evolving size and form (shape and structure) of US metropolitan areas since the early twentieth century. Our analysis of building patterns over 100 years reveals strong regularities in the development of the size and density of cities and their surroundings, regardless of timing or location of development. At the same time, we find that trajectories regarding shape and structure are harder to codify and more complex. We conclude that these discrepant developments of urban size- and form-related characteristics are driven, in part, by the long-term decoupling of these two sets of attributes over time.

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How Entrenched Is the Spatial Structure of Inequality in Cities? Evidence from the Integration of Census and Housing Data for Denver from 1940 to 2016

Cited by 30 publications

References 44 publications

The changing geography of social mobility in the United States

The changing geography of social mobility in the United States

Changing neighborhoods, shifting connections: mapping relational geographies of gentrification using social media data

A century of decoupling size and structure of urban spaces in the United States

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