Segregation by Design

Conversations and Calls for Action in St. Louis

• Author(s): Catalina Freixas, Mark Abbott,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 621
• ISBN_10: 331972956X
  ISBN_13: 9783319729565
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / Earth Sciences / Geography , Social Science / Sociology / General , Political Science / Public Policy / General , Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development , Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning , Social Science / General , Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries ,

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This book discusses racial segregation in American cities. Using St. Louis as a point of departure, it examines the causes and consequences of residential segregation, and proposes potential mitigation strategies. While an introduction, timeline and historical overview frame the subject, nine topic-specific conversations – between invited academics, policy makers and urban professionals – provide the main structure. Each of these conversations is contextualized by a photograph, an editors’ note and an essay written by a respected current or former St. Louisan. The essayists respond to the conversations by speaking to the impacts of segregation and by suggesting innovative policy and design tactics from their professional or academic perspective. The purpose of the book, therefore, is not to provide original research on residential segregation, but rather to offer a unique collection of insightful, transdisciplinary reflections on the experience of segregation in America and how it might be addressed.