Building the Inclusive City: Theory and Practice for Confronting Urban Segregation [Hardcover]

Urban segregation is one of the main challenges facing urban development around the globe. The usual outcome of many urban development patterns is an unequal social geography, with the urban poor living in large clusters that are remote, isolated, dangerous or unhealthy. The result is inequality in a number of dimensions of urban life, from deficient urban access, services or infrastructure to social isolation, neighbourhood violence, and lack of economic opportunity.

This book brings together debates on ethnic and economic segregation, combining theory and practical solutions to create a guide for those trying to understand and address urban segregation in any part of the world, and integrate ameliorating policies to contemporary urban development agendas.

Introduction, Part I: Social Power and Urban Space, 1. Power and Difference, 2. Types of Power, 3. Power and Urban Form: Style, 4. Power and Urban Form: Location, 5. Power and Urban Segregation: A Brief Historical Review, 6. Power and Urban Segregation: The Contemporary Context, 7. Power and Land Markets, Part II: Confronting Segregation, 8. Segregation and Urban Economies, 9. Social Benefits of Urban Segregation, 10. Social Costs of Urban Segregation, 11. Searching for Inclusionary Development Patterns and Public Policies, 11. Notes on Selected Case Studies, Conclusion: Looking for New Urban Cosmologies

This book brings together debates on ethnic and economic segregation, combining theory and practical solutions to create a guide for those trying to understand and address urban segregation in any part of the world, and integrate ameliorating policies to contemporary urban development agendas.

Nilson Ariel Espino is a lecturer at McGill Universitys Panama Field Study Semester, and at the Central American Masters Program for Conl“.