Chris Lloyd, Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Liverpool. He has published extensively on spatial analysis and population studies.Ian Shuttleworth, Senior Lecturer in Geography and Director of the NILS-RSU, Queen's University Belfast. His research and teaching focusses on population themes.David Wong, Professor of Geography, University of Hong Kong, and George Mason University, Virginia, US, has a research focus on segregation.

• Introduction ~ Christopher D Lloyd, Ian Shuttleworth and David Wong;Section 1: Concepts & Methods;Segregation matters; measurement matters ~ Ron Johnston, Mike Poulsen and Jim Forrest;Using a general spatial pattern index to evaluate spatial segregation ~ David Wong;Measuring ‘neighbourhood’ segregation using spatial interaction data~ Christopher D Lloyd, Ian Shuttleworth and Gemma Catney;The Micro-Geography of Segregation: Evidence from Historical US Census Data~ Antonio Páez, Manuel Ruiz, Fernando López and John Logan;Neighbourhood racial diversity and white residential segregation in the United States ~ Richard Wright, Mark Ellis and Steven Holloway;Analysing segregation using individualized neighbourhoods ~ John Östh, Bo Malmberg, and Eva Andersson;The international comparability of ethnicity and collective identity; implications for segregation studies ~ Pablo Mateos;Section 2: Processes;Perspectives on social segregation and migration: spatial scale, mixing and places ~ Ian Shuttleworth, Myles Gould and Paul Barr;“Sleepwalking towards Johannesburg”? Local measures of ethnic segregation between London’s secondary schools, 2003 – 2008/9 ~ Rich Harris;Segregation, choice based letting and social housing: How housing policy can affect the segregation process ~ Maarten van Ham and David Manley;Demographic understandings of changes in ethnic residential segregation across the life course ~ Albert Sabater and Nissa Finney;A Tale of Two Cities: Residential Segregation in St. Louis and Cincinnati ~ Sungsoon Hwang;Section 3: Outcomes & Implications;‘Religious’ concentration and health outcomes in Northern Ireland ~ Gemma Catney;Class Segregation ~ Danny Dorling;Exploring socioeconomic characteristics of ethnically-divided neighbourhoods ~ Kenneth French;Section 4: Conclusions and outcomes; 17. Conclusion: Possible future agendas and summary thoughts ~Christopher D Lloyd, Ian Shuttleworth and David Wong.

"This outstanding collection on segregation deserves to be the "go to text" in the field. I will consult it again and again for both instruction and research. Kudos to the editors." Dr Stephen A. Matthews, Penn State University