Resilience of racialized segregation is an ecological factor: Baltimore case study
BUILDINGS & CITIES(2023)
Abstract
Segregation by racialized categories is common to cities across the world and its social effects are well studied. However, the environmental effects-the ecology of segregation-have received less attention. Racialized segregation persists through time and is associated with environmental hazards or lack of amenities. The environmental burdens of racial segregation are increasingly documented and this paper synthesizes the dynamics of segregation and the dynamics of ecological conditions associated with it. The 'adaptive cycle of resilience,' an important social-ecological theory, is applied and used to facilitate synthesis. The well -documented history of racial segregation in the US city of Baltimore, Maryland, is used to illustrate the systemic mechanisms that adapt segregation to changing social conditions, and hence maintain its ecological impacts. The adaptive cycle serves as a useful tool in evaluating and addressing the ecology of segregation and can thus advance urban ecology on a new horizon.
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Key words
built environment,cities,discrimination,environmental justice,inequality,race,segregation,social-ecological system,urban ecology,United States
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