GGRA03H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Environmental Justice
Document Summary
What does social spatial polarization mean: there"s been increasing disparities of wealth, occurs more often in the us. Is this something we should care about: service quality isn"t even, unevendevlopment. Race & place: systematic correlation and wealth, happening in toronto, voluntary clustering, people who have resources are choosing to live in certain places. Involuntary clustering exclusion from certain places, gatekeepers: real estates might decline choice of living. Lot s of documented cases where people tried to prevent certain ethnic groups. Voluntary clustering: four many reasons why people would live with other people of same ethnicity, defense against discrimination, avoidance of outside contact, due to language barriers, create opportunities to preserve culture (opening restaurants, worshipping places, services) Spatial sorting processes: people are constantly moving, as people are choosing new places, there"s preferences on where to live, look at pricing, public services, and community. Key concept: spatial sorting of population happiness through volunteering and involuntary process.
