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Title: Inequality Shaping Processes and Gated Communities in US Western Metropolitan Areas
Citation Type: Conference Paper
Publication Year: 2012
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Abstract: This paper investigates the social dimensions of gated communities in US western metropolitan areas and how they contribute to increased segregation. We use geographically referenced data to test the homogeneity of gated communities and their link to segregation. This paper introduces a local metric based on social distance indices (SDI), constructed by means of multivariate spatial analysis, that investigates homogeneity in three aspects: race and ethnicity, economic class and age between 2000 and 2010 census. The results indicate that gated communities are homogeneous enclaves, and this has reinforced between 2000 and 2010 despite the context of spatial diffusion of Hispanics. Although socioeconomic segregation associated to racial and ethnic status yield the most prevalent structure of local distance, gated enclaves are significantly structured by age polarization. Another trend is that buffer zones, homogeneous areas in terms of race and ethnicity, are preferred locations for gated communities.
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Authors: Le Goix, Renaud; Vesselinov, E.
Conference Name: American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting
Publisher Location: New York, NY
Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Housing and Segregation, Methodology and Data Collection, Race and Ethnicity
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