Neighborhood Diversity and Segregation in the Chicago Metropolitan Region, 1980-2000

Racial disparities in kidney transplant waitlist appearance in Chicago: Is it race or place?

“…Racial composition and spatial dynamics may vary by city or region. However, we believe that Chicago serves as an ideal case study to examine neighborhood effects on disparities due to its large ESRD population and its continued neighborhood segregation by race and income …”

“…We sought to examine racial disparities in renal transplant waitlist focusing only on patients in the city of Chicago, the most populous city in the Midwest. Chicago makes an ideal case study as it has a large and diverse ESRD population, multiple transplant centers, and continued neighborhood segregation by race, income, and class …”

“…Chicago makes an ideal case study as it has a large and diverse ESRD population, multiple transplant centers, and continued neighborhood segregation by race, income, and class. 15…”

Locating neighbourhood diversity in the American metropolis

“…For example, Farrell and Lee (2011) find that most metropolitan neighbourhoods are shifting towards greater diversity, as do Ellen et al (2012); more broadly, Lee et al (2012) find that over 95 percent of US counties grew in diversity between 1980 and 2010. In turn, such growth in diversity tends to be found across metropolitan contexts, such as in the Chicago metropolitan area (Sandoval, 2011) and in smaller Southern cities like Knoxville, Tennessee (Sharma, 2013). Often, this growth in diversity takes places in outlying suburban areas, which can have tangible positive impacts for nonwhites.…”

“…Ellis et al, 2012;Lee et al, 2014) or the studies compare cities and suburbs (e.g. Farrell, 2016;Pfeiffer, 2014;Sandoval, 2011). In turn, such studies are limited in their ability to locate precisely where diversity is and is not found within metropolitan areas.…”