1st Edition
Understanding Processes of Ethnic Concentration and Dispersal South Asian Residential Preferences in Glasgow
By Jennifer McGarrigle
Copyright 2010
252 Pages
by
Routledge
Questions surrounding 'race' as a spatial divider have come to the forefront of the political agenda, compelling us to revisit the debate on residential segregation. Drawing on the spatial analysis of changing dynamics in the ethnic geography of Greater Glasgow and qualitative research on the residential preferences of 40 South Asian households, this book enhances our understanding of settlement... Read more
1. Introduction, 2. Processes of settlement: Residential segregation and ethnic clustering, 3. Urban migration, residential mobility and suburbanisation, 4. Methodology, 5. Through the national lens to the city: The housing position and experiences of South Asians in Scotland and Glasgow, 6. South Asian settlement in Glasgow: Changing patterns of residence, 7. The role of the neighbourhood in residential choice and re-location, 8. Housing, households, families and safe places, 9. Residential outcomes: Settling in or moving on again? 10. Conclusions, Appendix 1. Semi-structured interview schedule, Appendix 2. Semi-structured interview schedule, Appendix 3. Interviewee characteristics, Appendix 4. Coding categories, Appendix 5. Parent nodes, Notes, References.
Biography
Jennifer Leigh McGarrigle is a Post Doctorate Researcher, at the Centre de Estudos Geograficos, at the University of Lisbon.
