Urban Segregation and Governance in the Americas [Hardcover]

Residential segregation is a key issue for good governance in Latin American cities. The isolation of people of different social classes or ethnicities has potential political and social consequences, including differential access to and quality of education, health and other services. This volume uses the recent availability of geo-coded census data and techniques of spatial analysis to conduct the first detailed comparative examination of residential segregation in six major Latin American metropolises, with Austin, Texas, as a US comparison. It demonstrates the high degree of residential segregation of contemporary Latin American cities and discusses implications for the welfare of urban residents.Residential Segregation and Governance in the Americas: An Overview; B.Roberts ?& R.H.Wilson UT Austin PART I: Buenos Aires; A.Lourdes Suarez & F.Groissman Lima; P.L.Peters &? E.H.Skop Mexico City; A.Villarreal ?&? E.Hamilton Montevideo; R.Kaztman & ?A.Retamoso Santiago; F.Sabatini S?o Paulo;? H.Gama Torres &? R.Mirandola Bichir CEBRAP Brazil PART II: Campinas; J.M.Pinto da Cunha , M.A.Jim?nez &? E.Bilac Austin; C.Flores ?&? R.H.Wilson Conclusions

This book is a pioneering effort in its comparative approach, as it looks at both Latin American and US examples. For this reason it fills a void in this particular area of socio-economic segregation studies. - Perry Mars, Professor of Africana Studies, Wayne State University

This book isa must read for anyone withaserious interest in addressing critical social policy in the context of the challenges posed by the idiosyncrasies of the Latin American urbanization process. Combining new techniques of analysis, improved data sources and a comprehensive theoretical base (not commonly found in the existing literature)with a creative inversion of the conventional line of argument, the book provides a fresh lookat the role of segregation patterns on key themes of the regionl£