Space and social capital: social contacts in a segregated city

Otero, Gabriel; Völker, Beate; Rözer, Jesper

doi:10.1080/02723638.2021.1950982

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“…Our work is able to show the micro-foundations of these segregation patterns at the individual ego-network level. Moreover, using large-scale online social network data, we find a similar connection between income and social capital concentration as other studies based on interviews (Huszti et al, 2021; Marques, 2015) and surveys (Bashar and Bramley, 2019; Otero et al, 2021).…”

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Income-related spatial concentration of individual social capital in cities

Kovács¹,

Juhász

Bokányi

et al. 2022

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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Social connections that span across diverse urban neighborhoods can support prosperity by mobilizing social capital. However, there is limited evidence on the spatial structure of individual social capital inside cities. This paper demonstrates that social capital measured by online social connections is spatially more concentrated for residents of lower-income neighborhoods than for residents of higher-income neighborhoods. We map the micro-geography of individual online social networks in the 50 largest metropolitan areas of the United States using a large-scale geolocalized Twitter dataset. We analyze the spatial dimension of individual social capital by the share of friends, closed triangles, and share of supported ties within circles of short distance radii (1, 3, 5, and 10 km) around users’ home location. We compare residents from below-median income neighborhoods with above-median income neighborhoods, and find that users living in relatively poorer neighborhoods have a significantly higher share of connections in close proximity. Moreover, their network is more cohesive and supported within a short distance from their home. These patterns prevail across the 50 largest US metropolitan areas with only a few exceptions. The found disparities in the micro-geographic concentration of social capital can feed segregation and income inequality within cities constraining social circles of low-income residents.

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confidence: 84%

Income-related spatial concentration of individual social capital in cities

Kovács¹,

Juhász

Bokányi

et al. 2022

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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“…We observe disparity of incomes based on race, gender, and age Manduca (2018); Pollack et al (2013). Segregation in cities and inequity in knowledge access Otero et al (2022); Cotter and Reisdorf (2020) are often observed. Even, online algorithms such as people ranking and recommender systems create inequality of visibility for certain groups and minorities Karimi et al (2018); Espín-Noboa et al (2022).…”

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(In-)equality of opportunities creates structural marginalization in networks

CINARDI,

Karimi

2024

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Inequalities in social, economic, and political settings play a major role in creating unbalanced scales of opportunities and well-being. One important aspect of inequalities is structural: marginalized groups are pushed to the periphery of the social networks and their access to resources becomes limited. While structural inequalities have been identified in social science literature, the interplay between different factors leading to structural marginalization has not been explored quantitatively in network science. Here, we propose a general network framework that allows taking into account the inequality of opportunities as a group-level fitness function. By tuning group fitness, we show that structural marginalization and rich clubs emerge due to the interplay between group membership preferences and inequalities in fitness. This paper demonstrates quantitatively that to eradicate structural marginalization, it is not enough to increase the minority size or their connectivity; it should be rather centered around strategically providing resources for disadvantaged groups.

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“…Entre los principales temas destacan: vínculo con "informalidad urbana" (Clichevsky, 2000), políticas públicas, mercados de vivienda y suelo (Águila y Prada, 2020; Prada-Trigo y Andrade, 2022) los efectos de la migración. Al mismo tiempo, la SR es una estructura de oportunidades (Katzman, 2001) asociada a dinámicas de inserción laboral (Niembro et al, 2019), generación de ingresos (Gomes y De Queiroz, 2021), estigmas territoriales (Elorza, 2019), seguridad ciudadana (Arriagada y Morales, 2006), acceso al mercado laboral (Niembro et al, 2019) y puede influir, aunque de manera ambigua, sobres redes sociales (Marques, 2015) y los recursos de las mismas (Otero et al, 2021).…”

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Segregación residencial en dos ciudades de la macro región sur del Perú

Dammert-Guardia,

Rivera-Segura

2024

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Studies on residential segregation in Peru have privileged the study of the capital city, to the detriment of cities with other scales and contexts. This article analyzes the residential segregation levels and patterns in two Peruvian cities in the southern macro-region: Arequipa and Tacna. Based on data provided by the 2007 and 2017 censuses, synthetic and spatial segregation indicators were analyzed in both cities, taking as reference the educational level of the head of household and calculating the data on the block, census area, and district scales. The results show that inherited segregation patterns are maintained, while at the same time, the growing middle-class sectors are included in the more consolidated working-class settlements. In addition, processes that reinforce segregation were identified, such as the modification of the role of central areas, urban land production for the upper-class areas, and homogeneity of disadvantages in new areas of urban expansion, which are linked, particularly in the city of Arequipa, to the occupation of risk areas. The study suggests that these processes shape a low-scale urban segregation or fragmentation pattern in both cities, which coexists with inherited patterns.

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Space and social capital: social contacts in a segregated city

Cited by 14 publications

References 56 publications

Income-related spatial concentration of individual social capital in cities

Income-related spatial concentration of individual social capital in cities

(In-)equality of opportunities creates structural marginalization in networks

Segregación residencial en dos ciudades de la macro región sur del Perú

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