The Urban Mosaic - Towards a Theory of Residential Differentiation

This detailed study examines the concept of the city as a mosaic of social worlds.

List of contents

Preface; 1. The city as a mosaic of social worlds; 2. Ecological structure and factor structure; 3. The bases of residential differentiation; 4. Residential differentiation and social change; 5. The spatial patterning of residential differentiation; Summary and conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This study sees the city as a mosaic of social worlds, demonstrating that much of the manifold variation in the social characteristics of populations living in different parts of the city may be summarized in terms of a small number of factors relating to social rank, style of life preferences and ethnicity.

Product details

• Authors: Timms, Duncan Timms
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521099882
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09988-2
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 468 g
• Series: Cambridge Geographical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography