[Ias-public] The Institute for Analytical Sociology Seminar: Elizabeth Roberto, March 30, 14:30CET, online on Zoom

[Madelene Töpfer]

The Institute for Analytical Sociology Seminar

Venue: Online on Zoom (see Zoom link in the end of the email)


Thursday, March 30 @ 14:30CET

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Constructing Segregation: Examining Social and Spatial Division in Road Networks

Elizabeth Roberto
Rice University


Abstract:
Racism, discriminatory practices, institutional bias, and systematic exclusion can take lasting physical form in the built environment. There has been growing attention to the long-term consequences of housing policies and practices on social and economic outcomes, including residential segregation, but comparatively less attention to other aspects of the built environment, such as road networks and spatial connectivity. In this paper, we develop a novel approach that identifies missing road segments that we would expect to exist in a city's road network given the surrounding infrastructure. We find that unexpected disconnectivity in a city's road network is associated with racial differences in nearby areas and contributes to higher levels of segregation at the local and city level.  Our findings emphasize the power of the built environment and suggest that road networks warrant more attention as a factor that may contribute to the persistence of segregation.


Topic: IAS Seminars
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