TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnic and class clustering through the ages
T2 - A transdisciplinary approach to urban neighbourhood social patterns
AU - York, Abigail
AU - Smith, Michael
AU - Stanley, Benjamin W.
AU - Stark, Barbara L.
AU - Novic, Juliana
AU - Harlan, Sharon
AU - Cowgill, George L.
AU - Boone, Christopher
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - This paper presents initial findings from longer-term transdisciplinary research concerning the social dynamics of urban neighbourhoods. It examines the spatial clustering of ethnicity and class in neighbourhoods over urban history, from Bronze Age Mesopotamia to contemporary cities. Fourteen distinct drivers of social clustering are identified, grouped under the headers of macro-structural forces, the state, local regimes and institutions, and bottom-up processes. The operation of these processes is examined through three historical and three archaeological case studies of clustering. It is concluded that: clustering is a common, but not universal, attribute of cities; there is much variation in clustering patterns, both within and between cities and urban traditions; and, consideration of a wide variety of drivers is required to understand historical and modern residential dynamics.
AB - This paper presents initial findings from longer-term transdisciplinary research concerning the social dynamics of urban neighbourhoods. It examines the spatial clustering of ethnicity and class in neighbourhoods over urban history, from Bronze Age Mesopotamia to contemporary cities. Fourteen distinct drivers of social clustering are identified, grouped under the headers of macro-structural forces, the state, local regimes and institutions, and bottom-up processes. The operation of these processes is examined through three historical and three archaeological case studies of clustering. It is concluded that: clustering is a common, but not universal, attribute of cities; there is much variation in clustering patterns, both within and between cities and urban traditions; and, consideration of a wide variety of drivers is required to understand historical and modern residential dynamics.
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U2 - 10.1177/0042098010384517
DO - 10.1177/0042098010384517
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79961096530
SN - 0042-0980
VL - 48
SP - 2399
EP - 2415
JO - Urban Studies
JF - Urban Studies
IS - 11
ER -