Analysing segregation using individualised neighbourhoods
Analysing segregation using individualised neighbourhoods
Current approaches of measuring segregation are constrained by data derived from census enumeration units of pre-defined boundaries, and the fact that the measures cannot reflect individual experience in the neighbourhood. This chapter suggests an approach to derive neighbourhoods for each individual. A program EquiPop was developed to construct neighbourhoods for each individual at various geographical scales in terms of k-nearest neighbour. Then traditional segregation indices (entropy and isolation) can use these population counts derived from individualised neighbourhoods to evaluate segregation. The approach was demonstrated using the register data of several Swedish cities.
Keywords: individualised neighbourhoods, scale effect, EquiPop
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