The effects of mixed-race households on residential segregation

Urban Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 554-577

  Ellis, Mark ^a   Holloway, Steven R ^b   Wright, Richard ^c   East, Margaret ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy decomposition; Mixed race households; Residential segregation; Scale

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RESIDENT POPULATION; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549181604     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.28.6.554     Document Type: Article

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