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Explanation of Residential Segregation in one City. The Case of Cologne

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Economic Evolution and Demographic Change

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The term “segregation” was developed by Burgess, Park and McKenzie who published in the 20s analyses about the spatial structure of Chicago. The basic assumption of their studies is that in entire cities or regions there are distribution competitions similar to those in ecology. The quarters (or residential space) of flora and fauna correspond to the quarters of human beings of entire cities or regions. The term “segregation” describes the ecological process which leads to the development of natural areas (see Park and Burgess 1921, pp. 252–254) in which persons of different groups, (e.g. different ethnic groups) reside. In ecology there are at least two rivals who compete for a valued object, e.g. a prey. The same holds true for social ecology with respect to human beings. In the latter case the “prey” could be a desired flat in a desired quarter of the city.

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Blasius, J. (1992). Explanation of Residential Segregation in one City. The Case of Cologne. In: Haag, G., Mueller, U., Troitzsch, K.G. (eds) Economic Evolution and Demographic Change. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 395. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48808-5_11

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