Measures of social segregation in the context of Warsaw, Berlin and Paris metropolitan areas

Abstract

Social segregation is a subject common in contemporary studies of metropolitan areas. Until recently, studies of segregation focused on the distribution of ethnic groups, immigrants, and the poor. Today, they also cover additional indicators such as demographic properties, education, and affiliation with social and professional categories, which can also serve to determine the causes of the segregation (including the self-segregation of the rich). This article aims to point out the measures of segregation that present the segregation levels in the most complete manner, along with their application in the context of three European metropolitan areas: Warsaw, Berlin, and Paris. The first part of the article is a review of the existing approaches to segregation measures, followed by the selection of research method, presentation of the analysis’ results, and evaluation of the applied methods; presenting the opportunities and limitations in research of the social segregation phenomenon.

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“…The phenomenon of segregation was explored taking into account a multitude of calculated segregation indices selected on the basis of a broad overview of research literature on segregation measures (Grzegorczyk and Jaczewska, 2015). The multitude of segregation measures can be classified using chronological criteria into 3 generations of indices.…”

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“…In this article a multidimensional approach has been applied, after Massey and Denton (1988) (knowing imperfection of selected measures) to underline the complex nature of the segregation phenomenon (Grzegorczyk & Jaczewska 2015). It includes the calculation of the following measures, which corresponds to five segregation dimensions: the dissimilarity index D (dimension of inequality), the x P x isolation index (dimension of exposition), the DEL delta index (dimension of concentration), the ACE absolute centralization index (dimension of centralization), and the SP spatial proximity index (dimension of clustering) (for formulas see in Grzegorczyk & Jaczewska 2015).…”

“…It includes the calculation of the following measures, which corresponds to five segregation dimensions: the dissimilarity index D (dimension of inequality), the x P x isolation index (dimension of exposition), the DEL delta index (dimension of concentration), the ACE absolute centralization index (dimension of centralization), and the SP spatial proximity index (dimension of clustering) (for formulas see in Grzegorczyk & Jaczewska 2015). Cartograms were developed using the LQ p (modified location quotient) for which the quotient results were the highest.…”

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