Socio-Spatial Inequalities in Contemporary Cities

• Main Authors: Mela, Alfredo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Toldo, Alessia (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
• Subjects: Urban geography.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Sociology, Urban.; Human geography.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Human Geography.

The book explores social inclusion/exclusion from a socio-spatial perspective, highlighting the active role that space assumes in shaping social phenomena. Unlike similar books, it does not discuss exclusion and inclusion in particular geographical contexts, but instead explains these phenomena star...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Differences and inequalities in contemporary cities: a spatial perspective
• Chapter 2. Understanding social exclusion
• Chapter 3. Keyword of social inequalities
• Chapter 4. Identities, exclusions and space
• Chapter 5. Participation in policies against urban social exclusion.