Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality: A Global Perspective

In: The Urban Book Series

In: Springer eBook Collection

Abstract

Part 1: Introduction -- Rising inequalities and a changing social geography of cities. An introduction to the global segregation book -- Residential segregation between income groups in international perspective -- Part 2: Africa -- Income inequality, socio-economic status and residential segregation in Greater Cairo: 1986-2006 -- Social inequality and spatial segregation in Cape Town -- Income inequality and socio-economic segregation in the city of Johannesburg -- Part 3: Asia -- Dual land regime, income inequalities and multifaceted socio-economic and spatial segregation in Hong Kong -- Income inequality and socioeconomic segregation in Jakarta -- Socio-spatial segregation and exclusion in Mumbai -- Social polarisation and socio-economic segregation in Shanghai, China: Evidence from 2000 and 2010 censuses -- Increasing inequality and the changing spatial distribution of income in Tel-Aviv -- Changes in occupational structure and residential segregation in Tokyo -- Part 4: Australia -- The land of the 'fair go'? Mapping income inequality and socioeconomic segregation across Melbourne neighbourhoods -- Part 5: Europe -- Making sense of segregation in a well-connected city: the case of Berlin.