Urban Segregation and Inequality media coverage

2018 coverage: Peace walls and other social frontiers can breed crime and conflict in cities Professor Gwilym Pryce discusses ‘social frontiers’ and their impact on communities for The Conversation, 5th June 2018 2017 coverage: Levels of religious integration sway house buyers, study finds- Herald Scotland 26 Mar 2017 Research by Professor Gwilym Pryce, Dr Nema Dean and Dr Dan Olner

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Sorting models and economic evaluation of social and environmental (Dis)Amenities

One of the main approaches in the literature for estimating the economic value of the reduction in crime or the improvement in school performance is to use differences in house price changes to compute the willingness to pay for these improvements. However, such improvements are likely to change the social mix of the affected neighbourhoods. Failure to take into account

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Urban Segregation and Inequality

This aim of this programme of research was to advance the measurement (Massey & Denton 1988; Galster & Cutsinger 2007) of residential segregation/inequality in Scotland, estimate its causes (Schelling 1971; Kuminoff & Timmins 2010) and consequences (Galster 2007), and provide comparisons (where possible) with England, Wales and USA. The UK has some of the best data resources in the world

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