Exploring the correlation between city size and residential segregation: comparing Chilean cities with spatially unbiased indexes

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dc.contributor.authorGarreton, Matias
dc.contributor.authorBasauri, Agustin
dc.contributor.authorValenzuela, Luis
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:51:54Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:51:54Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractUrban segregation is a widespread phenomenon with profound social implications, and one that presents difficult measurement challenges. Segregation indexes may be affected by scale or zoning biases of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP). In this article, we develop a methodology that relies on spatial clustering algorithms to simultaneously cope with both kinds of MAUP biases, and we test it with complete census data for most Chilean cities. We find a robust correlation between segregation and city size, contesting previous claims about the spuriousness of this relationship. We also show that socioeconomic polarization is a widespread phenomenon in Chile and that it is not just a problem of disadvantaged groups' concentration. Based on these results, we suggest that area-based desegregation policies should be generally reinforced, and complemented in big Chilean cities with housing-mix policies. We argue that using spatially unbiased segregation indexes could improve comparative urban studies.
dc.description.funderCentre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES)
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0956247820918983
dc.identifier.eissn1746-0301
dc.identifier.issn0956-2478
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0956247820918983
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/100606
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000536603400001
dc.issue.numero2
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final588
dc.pagina.inicio569
dc.revistaEnvironment and urbanization
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectcity size
dc.subjectMAUP
dc.subjectregionalization
dc.subjectsocioeconomic segregation
dc.subjectspatial autocorrelation
dc.subjecturban planning
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleExploring the correlation between city size and residential segregation: comparing Chilean cities with spatially unbiased indexes
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen32
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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