Race And Place: Equity Issues In Urban America

by John W. Frazier, Florence Margai, Eugene Tettey-Fio

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367317546
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/05/2019
Pages:	324
Sales rank:	997,643
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

JOHN W FRAZIER is professor of urban geography at SUNY, Binghamton. He has published three books and numerous articles on the applied aspects of geography. He served as consultant to the Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Division of HUD, 1994-1996. FLORENCE M. MARGAI is associate professor of geography at SUNY, Binghamton. She received her Ph.D. in 1991 from Kent State University. EUGENE TETTEY-FIO is an assistant professor of urban geography at SUNY, Binghamton. Professor Tettey-Fio earned a Ph.D. from Kent State University in 1996

Table of Contents

1 Race, Ethnicity, and Locational Inequalities: Introduction, 2 U.S. Minority Population: Settlement Patterns, Dispersion, and Growth Trends, 3 Sociological Narratives of Racism in America, 4 Theories of Spatial Relationships in Urban America, 5 Minority and Nonminority Concentrations: Differentiating Between Race-and-Place-Based Inequalities in Urban America, 6 Deconstruction of Emerging Racial Mosaics: Equity Issues Where Asian Americans Mix with Other Minorities in Alameda County, California, 7 Indicators of Environmental Inequities and Threats to Minority Health in Urban America, 8 Retail Structure, Accessibility, and Inequalities in Areas of Minority Concentration, 9 Commuting and Locational Access to Employment in Urban America: Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Three Cities, 10 Racial Inequalities in Urban America: Retrospect and Prospect