Race And Place Equity Issues In Urban America [Paperback]

This book addresses the issues in an empirical fashion after examining different sociological and geographic perspectives. It provides a basic understanding of the multi-faceted nature of racial inequalities in urban America, both in a broad context and in separate analyses of housing. List of Tables and Figures, List of Acronyms, Acknowledgments, Race, Ethnicity, and Locational Inequalities: Introduction, Race and Ethnicity, Equity and Racial Disparities, Outline of the Book, U.S. Minority Population: Settlement Patterns, Dispersion, and Growth Trends, Minority Population Settlement and Dispersion, Projected Growth of American Minorities, Implications for Research and Policy, Sociological Narratives of Racism in America, Diversity of Perspectives, A Historical Context for U.S. Racism, Summary, Theories of Spatial Relationships in Urban America, Background to Theoretical Discussions, Part 1: The Free-Market Technological View, Part II: A Postmodern-Marxist Explanation of Urban Growth and Restructuring, Minority and Nonminority Concentrations: Differentiating Between Race-and-Place-Based Inequalities in Urban America, Introduction, Segregation, Minority Equity Issues, Changing Minority Concentrations: The Growth of Hispanic Populations and Black-Hispanic Settlement Patterns, Differences Between Minority Concentrations and White-Majority Urban Subregions: An Empirical Analysis, Summary, Deconstruction of Emerging Racial Mosaics: Equity Issues Where Asian, Americans Mix with Other Minorities in Alameda County, California, Introduction, Increasing Racial Diversity: Some Trends and Issues in Southern California, The Making of a Racial Mosaic: Alameda County, California, Equity Issues in a Multiracial Environment, Indicators of Environmental Inequities and Threats to Minority Health in Urban America, Introduction, A Conceptual Model of Environmental Equity Research, Evidence of Inequitable Outcomes in Monroe and Suffolk Counties, New York, Summary, Retail Structure, Accesl#­