Increasing ethnic diversity fosters scholarly interest in how the spatial segregation of groups a ects opinion polarization in a society. Despite much empirical and theoretical research, there is little consensus in the literature on the causal link between the spatial segregation of two groups and the emergence of opinion polarization. We contribute to the debate by investigating theoretically...

This study examines immigrant-native differences in wealth. It improves upon past research by contrasting immigrant-native differences against racial-ethnic differences and by operationalizing spatial segregation and spatial mismatch. Drawing on theories on wealth and theories on immigration, it hypothesizes a discounted positive effect of education and a weaker detrimental effect of spatial se...

Community structure and functioning is shaped by resource partitioning between cooccurring species. Niche differentiation among sympatric species can be reached through trophic, spatial or temporal segregation to avoid competitive exclusion. Intraspecific segregation in the use of habitats and resources might determine, in turn, a population’s niche width and interspecific segregation. The Albo...

I use data on the hiring practices and spatial location of firms in four cities to model the process of interfirm racial segregation. When I control for the spatial location of the firm, the use of employee referrals reduced the probability of hiring a black worker by 75% in firms that are less than 10% black. Among all firms, the results suggest that employee referrals are just as important as...

Ecological theory predicts that animals with similar foraging strategies should not be able to coexist without segregating either in space, time or diet. In communities, intra-specific competition is thought to be more intense than the competition among species, because of the lack of niche partitioning between conspecifics. Hence, while different seabird species can overlap in their foraging d...

The increase in the feeling of urban insecurity has justified self-segregation middle- and high-income layers society to fortified enclaves Fortaleza Metropolitan Region (RMF). main objective this paper is analyze fragmentation stretches/sectors with highest concentration “private condominiums” evaluate impacts resulting from expansion fragmenting enterprises socio-spatial fabric. Therefore, st...

David J. Murrell* and Richard Law NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK Biology Department, York University, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, UK *Correspondence: E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Most spatial models of competing species assume symmetries in the spatial scales of dispersal and interactions. This makes analysis tractable, ...

establishing equilibrium in various regions of a town is normally considered to be the main aims of all municipalities and the urban governance policies of the related organizations. but in spite of the elementary goals of urban renewal policies, some of the urban renovation projects lead to inverse consequences like urban gentrification or spatial segregation in urban areas. for analyzing such...