SOSC 1430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Geographical Segregation
16 Oct 2014
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Majority of people live in urban centres (2007) Migrants -> city = place of opportunity. Migrant arrival -> turns cities into places of deprivation. Davis -> cities = dumping grounds for surplus population. Becoming more complex in age of globalization. Shape cities and experience of living in them. City -> became a laissez-fair playing field (367) A relatively large, dense, and permanent settlement of socially heterogeneous individuals. Spatial expressions of social relations based on power. Traditional, backward -> synonymous with lack of development. Declaring a crime some acts and activities that are more likely to be committed by the poor and marginalized. Transgressive -> malls built to keep them outside. Demand right to city: features of . Primacy one city = more than twice as large as next largest city reflects past and present power inequalities. Social and spatial segregation geographical segregation -> separating social classes. Upper and middle classes gated communities, fenced housing, condos.
