Venues and segregation: A revised Schelling model

Abstract

This paper examines an important but underappreciated mechanism affecting urban segregation and integration: urban venues. The venue- an area where urbanites interact- is an essential aspect of city life that tends to influence residential location. We study the venue/segregation relationship by overlaying venues onto Schelling’s classic (1971) [1] agent-based segregation model. We show that a simulation world with venues makes segregation less likely among relatively tolerant agents and more likely among the intolerant. We also show that multiple venues can create spatial structures beyond their catchment areas and that the initial location of venues shapes later residential patterns. Finally, we demonstrate that the social rules governing venue participation alter their impacts on segregation. In the course of our study, we compile techniques for advancing Schelling-style studies of urban environments and catalogue a set of mechanisms that operate in this environment.

Aging effects in Schelling segregation model

“…The aging-induced inertia, which results in resistance to movement, is minimalist modeling of behavior with many different possible causes. Besides the moving out cost due to the housing market fluctuations, aging accounts for the links established with the neighborhood’s public goods, venues, schools, etc, which are known to be highly relevant in this context 11 , 47 , 48 . These urban elements are also a major consideration when households locate 49 – 52 and aging also accounts for the memory of this decision.…”

“…But still currently, Schelling's model is at the basis of fundamental studies of the micro-macro paradigm in Social Sciences 6 , while it continues to have important implications for social and economic policies addressing the urban segregation problem [7][8][9][10] . A main limitation of the Schelling model is that it has no history or memory by which, for example, residents might prefer to maintain their present location 11 . In this paper we address this limitation on the effects of memory.…”

Cities as complex systems—Collection overview

“…Silver, Byrne, and Adler [27] extend the Schelling model of segregation. The authors argue that many human interactions take place in different venues such as: offices, schools, stores, bars, parks, religious centers, etc.…”

Segregation with social linkages: Evaluating Schelling’s model with networked individuals

“…In fact, provided that agents are sensitive to being located close to their social connections, and not all of them might be formed within one’s group, different types of group compositions may be observed in a neighborhood. However, if moving costs constrain relocation choices, and not all neighborhoods are equally accessible to agents, we will observe the rise of zone of competition and contestation, making the outcome of Schelling’s model uncertain (Silver et al, 2021), and dependent on the location of agents and their sensitivity to others’ relocation decisions.…”