Recent trends in economic residential segregation

Landscapes of Inequality : Spatial Segregation , Economic Isolation , and Contingent Residential Locations

Kerri Ryan

Abstract

This article critique is based on the review of `Landscapes of Inequality : Spatial Segregation , Economic Isolation , and Contingent Residential Locations ' originally done by HYPERLINK "javascript :void (0 " Amy K Glasmeier , HYPERLINK "javascript :void (0 " Tracey L Farrigan

Their opinion is that social and economic influences have contributed to the prejudice and segregation that we still see in our current society

They observe the trends and outcomes of these influences on these factors , and surmise what is

not just a problem we see here in the United States , but something that seems to be universal in the world today

Landscapes of Inequality : Spatial Segregation , Economic Isolation , and Contingent Residential Locations

It will be hard to condense this article into one page , but this article is basically about the development of , and the trends in segregation based on socio-economic values . The author asks 2 fundamental questions Do industrial and social groups overlap ? I believe , yes

Those that do the menial labor required to keep a metropolitan environment running , handling food , cleaning up , repair work within the city , are often times completed by those of a lesser social status Therefore , the economic segregations will be breached in these types of daily events . The author cites

. a combination of private prejudices (e .g , discrimination and personal choice ) and public policies have contributed to the patterns of segregation that exist today (Massey and Dentun 1993a Sawyer and Tatian 2003 . The...