GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Urban Ecology, Welfare Dependency, Placemaking
27 Oct 2018
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A model of change used in urban ecology to represent the effects of immigration on the social structure of an urban area. Invasion and succession involve a chain reaction, with each preceding immigrant wave moving outwards and being succeeded by more recent, poorer immigrants. This model saw immigrant colonies and enclaves as transitional stages on the road to eventual integration in the larger mainstream society. Traditional immigrant reception areas are transforming over time, as older groups move out (as they become more affluent), and new groups move in. Institutional completeness: the degree to which an ethnic community can provide all the necessary services required by its members. The growth of the population of an ethnic group in an area reinforces the institutional completeness of the enclave. When immigrants first migrate to a new country they segregate due to a variety of social, economic, and cultural reasons but over time, as they get acculturated, they disperse spatially.
