The persistence of segregation in Buffalo, New York: Comer vs. Cisneros and geographies of relocation decisions among low-income black households
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The multiple reasons for why a group in African American household, who were prompted to move through the settlement of high-profile housing discrimination lawsuit, chose to relocate the neighborhoods in the central city in Buffalo, New York are explored. It is argued that segregation of low-income Afro-American household from Whites persists in Buffalo, because the spatial rootedness of Afro-Americans' survival strategies leads households to choose housing in central city, where most Afro-Americans live.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2006
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Effects of married couple dual-earner households on metropolitan communities: Evidence from the Atlanta metropolitan area
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Married-couples, where both the spouses are employed are considered to cause hindrance to the concept of job-housing balance, wherein all the areas of a metropolitan will have sufficient houses for the employees near their employment locations. The results of the survey conducted in the Atlanta metropolitan area show that the lack of affordable and enough houses and not the couples is the main problem in the implementation of the job-housing balance system.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2005
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Teleworking in some Norwegian urban areas - Motives and transport effects
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Two qualitative and quantitative Norwegian studies of teleworking are presented to show the options and frequency of teleworking of different groups in urban areas, their motives and the effects on transportation. The findings indicate that the option of people living in an urban area is decisive in terms of factors like occupational situation, motives for teleworking, and distance to work, and not their frequency of telework.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2006
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