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来源

JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS,Vol.39,Issue6,P.745-763

语言

英文

关键字

RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE; CAUSAL INFERENCE; OUT-MIGRATION; URBAN-POLICY; US; DYNAMICS; RENEWAL; SUBURBS; MULTIVARIATE

作者单位

[Smith, Richard J.] Wayne State Univ, Social Work, Detroit, MI 48202 USA. [Schmitt-Sands, Catherine E.] Wayne State Univ, Dept Polit Sci, Detroit, MI 48202 USA. [Pride, Theodore Thomas] Oakland Univ, Sociol, Rochester, MI 48063 USA. Smith, RJ (reprint author), Wayne State Univ, Sch Social Work, 5447 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202 USA. E-Mail: smithrichardj@wayne.edu

摘要

In the political economy of place, cities can be thought of as global commodities marketed to the creative class and highly skilled immigrants, while privileged suburban spaces are protected by place stratification. The spatial assimilation literature shows that assimilated immigrants and minorities move to White, Anglo suburbs, resulting in some White succession. Is there a positive association between spatial assimilation and gentrification? How have populations in gentrifying neighborhoods and those experiencing spatial assimilation changed? This study answers these questions using ecological analysis and propensity score matching to analyze normalized census tract data from the National Neighborhood Change Database (1970-2010). Gentrification and spatial assimilation are correlated: the former as increased, whereas the latter has plateaued. Percentage White declined in both types of neighborhood. Gentrifying neighborhoods see an influx of Hispanic immigrants but no other immigrant populations. More barriers to spatial assimilation than to gentrification appear to remain, a finding consistent with place stratification theory.