Poverty concentration in a multiethnic city: The impact of compositional and redistributive forces in Miami, Florida, 1980-1990

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-182

  Strait, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood poverty; Poverty concentration; Residential segregation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; LATINO PEOPLE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTICULTURALISM; POVERTY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

FLORIDA; MIAMI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036870529     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2002.0025     Document Type: Article

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