Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China Towards a New Dialogue /

This open access book explores new research directions in social inequality and urban segregation. With the goal of fostering an ongoing dialogue between scholars in Europe and China, it brings together an impressive team of international researchers to shed light on the entwined processes of inequa...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pryce, Gwilym (Editor), Wang, Ya Ping (Editor), Chen, Yu (Editor), Shan, Jingjing (Editor), Wei, Houkai (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Series:The Urban Book Series,
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Lessons from Europe
  • Re-theorising spatial segregation: A European perspective
  • Income inequality and residential segregation in European cities
  • The role of migration costs in residential sorting
  • Part II: Urban inequality and segregation in China
  • Research on residential segregation in Chinese cities
  • Urbanisation, migration and the anti-poverty programme in China
  • Urban villages, their redevelopment and implications for inequality and integration
  • Renovation of Shantytowns and construction of new communities
  • Public service provision in China: Towards a more equal access system
  • Housing policies for rural migrant workers in China
  • Part III: Future directions for research and policy
  • Multi-scale inequality and segregation: Theory and estimation
  • Characterising social integration between rural migrants and local residents in urban China
  • Social frontiers: Estimating the spatial boundaries between residential groups and their impacts on crime
  • Deprivation indices in China: Establishing principles for application and interpretation
  • Future directions for research on residential segregation and inequality in China.