The Urban Mosaic - Towards a Theory of Residential Differentiation

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

Sommario

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Timms, Duncan Timms
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521099882
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09988-2
• Pagine: 286
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Peso: 468 g
• Serie: Cambridge Geographical Studies
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura