In Birmingham, Alabama, more all White and all Black neighborhoods were found in 1977 than in 1970. White population increased where the prospect of having Black neighbors was low and housing units were increasing in number, whereas Black population increased in neighborhoods decreasing in terms of numbers of housing units. (Author/GC)

Presents data regarding income and educational level of Blacks who moved into previously White residential areas in New York City. Finds different patterns of racial succession in tracts near areas of Black concentration, areas distant from Black ghettos, and White residential sections with many recently constructed rental units. (Author/GC)

Social network, an interesting theoretical concept, has suffered through difficulties in developing from it any operational devices suitable for use in ordinary social survey research. Here one such device is presented, and its utility is examined in the contrasting urban contexts of Hull and Los Angeles. Also, the role of kinship in the social…

Based on an analysis of the age, size, percent black, and occupational income differential in 32 southern cities, the findings show that age is still the strongest predictor of residential segregation. (Author)

A prediction from ecological theory relating the distribution of residential segregation between inner and outer zones of a metropolitan area to conditions of population growth, expansion, etc. was tested using 1960 data on the Atlanta standard metropolitan statistical area. (JM)

Investigated in this article are several factors that affect the annexation by central cities of urbanized areas to retain decentralized populations. A multivariate model of the responses of central cities to over- and underboundedness is presented and evaluated. (Author/EB)

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…

Shows that there are at least two different perspectives from which residential segregation can be examined. Segregation can be measured as it deviates from a situation of complete desegregation or in terms of a situation in which there is random segregation in the city. New criteria for indexes of residential segregation are developed. (Author/JM)

Focuses on the changing of neighborhoods from white to Negro. Demonstrates statistically that distance from tract or Negro area alone cannot adequately explain or predict the racial turnover of neighborhoods over a ten-year period. Such an explanation requires considering economic and social measures of geographic mobility for white residents.…

This study assesses the impact of city size on 28 indicators of Black development and discusses four factors that probably mediate this impact: (1) Black population size; (2) politicization and responsive institutions; (3) city centrality; and (4) interactions among aspects of Black development. (Author/EB)

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)