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Thomas-EL, Shawnna L. – Metropolitan Universities, 2022
This article uses interviews of long-standing neighborhood residents' sentiments of university expansion into their community. These data provide persuasive empirical evidence for the need of urban anchor institutions to include as an integral component of their campus reopening efforts, intentional plans for reducing the disruption of housing…
Descriptors: Residential Patterns, Universities, School Expansion, COVID-19
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Parisi, Domenico; Lichter, Daniel T.; Taquino, Michael C. – Social Forces, 2011
America's changing color line is perhaps best expressed in shifting patterns of neighborhood residential segregation--the geographic separation of races. This research evaluates black exceptionalism by using the universe of U.S. blocks from the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses to provide a "single" geographically inclusive national…
Descriptors: Residential Patterns, Neighborhoods, Racial Segregation, Geographic Location
Agocs, Carol – Ethnicity, 1981
Presents a comparative analysis of changing ethnic residential distributions from 1940-1970 to identify recently evolved forms of ethnic settlement in the Detroit (Michigan) metropolitan area. Identifies and classifies contemporary types of ethnic communities to expand the knowledge of ethnic settlement. (MK)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Neighborhoods, Population Distribution, Population Trends
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Rogers, Andrei; Henning, Sabine – International Migration Review, 1999
Examined the influence of birth place on the internal migration and spatial redistribution patterns of foreign-born and native-born populations in the United States for 1975 to 1980 and 1985 to 1990. Differing patterns and networks established by immigrant cohorts have resulted in higher concentrations of the foreign-born compared to the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Immigration, Indigenous Populations, Migration Patterns
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Stahura, John M. – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1988
The increase in Black suburbanization during the 1960s and 70s is examined in the context of racial changes in earlier decades. A sample of 1,114 suburbs are examined, and regional differences between the North and South are described. Racial change occurred with greater relative frequency than in previous decades. (Author/VM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Differences, Population Distribution, Population Trends
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Stearns, Linda Brewster; Logan, John R. – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1986
Three commonly used measures of segregation (index of dissimilarity, p* interaction probabilities, and the correlation ratio) reflect three conceptually distinct aspects of racial residential segregation. The results of empirical studies will depend on the measure chosen. (Author/KH)
Descriptors: Correlation, Measurement, Metropolitan Areas, Population Distribution
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Crothers, Charles – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1978
Data from a land-use study of small- and medium-sized towns in New Zealand are used to ascertain the relationship between official and effective density measures. It was found that the reliability of official measures of density is very low overall, although reliability increases with community size. (Author/RLV)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Census Figures, Dropouts, Land Use
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Greer, Ann Lennarson – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1978
Five books dealing with the suburbs are reviewed in this essay on suburbanization. Topics include demographic trends, suburban social life, government and social policy, and racial and economic integration. (Author/RLV)
Descriptors: Demography, Essays, Population Distribution, Racial Discrimination
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Schwirian, Kent P.; And Others – Social Forces, 1990
Data for 318 metropolitan areas confirm the Burgess model's positive relationship between social status and residential distance from the urban core. Over time, all categories of metropolitan areas moved in the predicted direction of status distribution, with stronger associations for older, larger, and more industrial cities. Contains 53…
Descriptors: Metropolitan Areas, Models, Place of Residence, Population Distribution
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Clark, William A. V.; Ware, Julian – Urban Affairs Review, 1997
Examines whether increased educational status and associated economic gains for black Americans have been translated into greater residential integration in Southern California. Concludes that there are only small increases in integration, but that these have been brought about by economic and educational gains. (SLD)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Attainment, Neighborhood Integration, Population Distribution
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Belanger, Alain; Rogers, Andrei – International Migration Review, 1992
Examines the importance of place of birth on the internal migration and spatial redistribution patterns of the foreign-born population in the United States for 1965-70 and 1975-80, relying mainly on the Public Use Microdata sample. Age patterns of migration are also analyzed for different groups. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Census Figures, Geographic Regions, Immigrants
Jaret, Charles – Ethnicity, 1979
This report covers major trends in Jewish residential movement. It also covers the impact of geographic movement on forms of Jewish social activity and community life. (PR)
Descriptors: Family Mobility, Jews, Metropolitan Areas, Migration Patterns
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Hartman, Chester – Social Policy, 1979
Displacement has a long history and its effects are well known. In order to combat the problem, we must reject the use of housing as a commodity to maximize profits and concentrate on rights to a decent place to live, in the area of one's choosing, at an affordable cost. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Housing Needs, Migration Patterns, Opinions
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Massey, Douglas S.; Denton, Nancy A. – Social Forces, 1988
Evaluates 20 potential indicators of residential segregation using census data on Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, and non-Hispanic Whites in 60 U.S. metropolitan areas. Factor-analyzes the results to select a single best indicator for each of five dimensions of residential segregation. Contains 69 references and 22 statistical formulas. (SV)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Measurement, Methods Research, Metropolitan Areas
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Johnson, James H., Jr. – Urban League Review, 1990
Presents a geographical analysis of African American migration estimates compiled by the Census Bureau for the 1980-85 period. Argues that structural changes in employment opportunities and the housing affordability crisis in some of the nation's largest metropolitan areas are the dominant forces influencing current African American population…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Demography, Employment Opportunities
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