TY - CHAP
T1 - Agents of change
T2 - Mixed-race households and the dynamics of neighborhood segregation in the United States
AU - Ellis, Mark
AU - Holloway, Steven R.
AU - Wright, Richard
AU - Fowler, Christopher S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/11/25
Y1 - 2016/11/25
N2 - This chapter explores the effects of mixed-race household formation on trends in neighborhood-scale racial segregation. Census data show that these effects are nontrivial in relation to the magnitude of decadal changes in residential segregation. An agent-based model illustrates the potential long-run impacts of rising numbers of mixed-race households on measures of neighborhood-scale segregation. It reveals that high rates of mixed-race household formation will reduce residential segregation considerably. This occurs even when preferences for own-group neighbors are high enough to maintain racial separation in residential space in a Schelling-type model. We uncover a disturbing trend, however: levels of neighborhood-scale segregation of single-race households can remain persistently high even while a growing number of mixed-race households drives down the overall rate of residential segregation. Thus, the chapter's main conclusion is that parsing neighborhood segregation levels by household type-single versus mixed race-is essential to interpret correctly trends in the spatial separation of racial groups, especially when the fraction of households that are mixed race is dynamic. More broadly, the chapter illustrates the importance of household-scale processes for urban outcomes and joins debates in geography about interscalar relationships.
AB - This chapter explores the effects of mixed-race household formation on trends in neighborhood-scale racial segregation. Census data show that these effects are nontrivial in relation to the magnitude of decadal changes in residential segregation. An agent-based model illustrates the potential long-run impacts of rising numbers of mixed-race households on measures of neighborhood-scale segregation. It reveals that high rates of mixed-race household formation will reduce residential segregation considerably. This occurs even when preferences for own-group neighbors are high enough to maintain racial separation in residential space in a Schelling-type model. We uncover a disturbing trend, however: levels of neighborhood-scale segregation of single-race households can remain persistently high even while a growing number of mixed-race households drives down the overall rate of residential segregation. Thus, the chapter's main conclusion is that parsing neighborhood segregation levels by household type-single versus mixed race-is essential to interpret correctly trends in the spatial separation of racial groups, especially when the fraction of households that are mixed race is dynamic. More broadly, the chapter illustrates the importance of household-scale processes for urban outcomes and joins debates in geography about interscalar relationships.
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U2 - 10.4324/9781315748771
DO - 10.4324/9781315748771
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85021388560
SN - 9780415843324
SP - 486
EP - 511
BT - Handbook of Applied System Science
PB - Taylor and Francis Inc.
ER -