A TYPOLOGY OF URBAN IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORHOODS

作者:Vicino, Thomas J*; Hanlon, Bernadette; Short, John Rennie
来源:Urban Geography, 2011, 32(3): 383-405.
DOI:10.2747/0272-3638.32.3.383

摘要

Using census data from 2000, the authors examine differentiation among urban immigrant neighborhoods in a sample of U. S. metropolitan areas. They use principal components analysis (PCA) followed by cluster analysis to identify four types of urban immigrant neighborhoods: Hispanic, White Working Class, Asian, and Gentrified. This typology describes the diversity of immigrant populations and immigrant neighborhoods across the urban U. S.