Urban Sociology
Narges Ghodsi; mahin nastaran; Vahid Ghasemi
Abstract
Urban segregation, as an inherent feature of cities, refers to the social distancing and residential separation in an urban context. Segregation becomes a problem when it prevents certain groups of people from accessing services, activities and spaces. The interdisciplinary nature and intertwined ...
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Urban segregation, as an inherent feature of cities, refers to the social distancing and residential separation in an urban context. Segregation becomes a problem when it prevents certain groups of people from accessing services, activities and spaces. The interdisciplinary nature and intertwined dimensions of this phenomenon have led researchers across various disciplines to study it over the past few decades. In spite of a large number of studies undertaken, there is a lack of coherent conceptual framework in this area. Therefore, the present study aims to clarify research gaps in the conceptual field of segregation by reviewing Persian articles and presenting a regular format of them. This research has applied a qualitative research methodology using basic text techniques including systematic review and qualitative meta-analysis. For this purpose, fifty selected Persian articles that were published in the period 1375-1400 have been reviewed based on their structures and contents. The findings categorize the selected articles based on the main question (what, why, how) in the form of 5 main thematic axes. Also, the evolution of the concept of segregation has been divided into four general periods: early, middle, late (current period) and future. Based on it, a definition of socio-spatial segregation has been provided. The results of this comparison indicate that urban segregation as an interdisciplinary, multidimensional and contextual subject has socio-economic, physical-spatial and political-managerial dimensions. In the current research conditions of Iran, it needs research Qualitatively focusing on topics such as conceptual modeling, and modeling the measurement of segregation (in explaining what), identifying and examining the underlying factors affecting segregation, including the structure and configuration of cities (in explaining why), as well as identify and examine policies and trends affecting segregation (in explaining how) by considering all its dimensions. This way, we will be able to reach a better understanding of the nature of this concept and investigate spatial patterns of segregation over the time in an urban context.
