Understanding Processes of Ethnic Concentration and Dispersal

Jennifer Leigh McGarrigle is a Post Doctorate Researcher, at the Centre de Estudos Geograficos, at the University of Lisbon.

• 1. Introduction, 2. Processes of settlement: Residential segregation and ethnic clustering, 3. Urban migration, residential mobility and suburbanisation, 4. Methodology, 5. Through the national lens to the city: The housing position and experiences of South Asians in Scotland and Glasgow, 6. South Asian settlement in Glasgow: Changing patterns of residence, 7. The role of the neighbourhood in residential choice and re-location, 8. Housing, households, families and safe places, 9. Residential outcomes: Settling in or moving on again? 10. Conclusions, Appendix 1. Semi-structured interview schedule, Appendix 2. Semi-structured interview schedule, Appendix 3. Interviewee characteristics, Appendix 4. Coding categories, Appendix 5. Parent nodes, Notes, References.

“Debates about ethnic segregation need to be informed by careful analysis such as this. It is too easy to assume that some groups want to live separately from others, and that younger generations will simply follow the behaviours of their elders. This book shows that the reality for Asians in British cities is much more complex and interesting than ‘conventional wisdom’ often assumes.” -- Ade Kearns, Professor of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow |“This book offers rich insights into the processes of ethnic suburbanisation and integration amongst Glasgow’s South Asian population and has important implications for understanding the dynamics of ethnic residential change.” -- Deborah Phillips, Reader in Ethnic and Racial Studies, University of Leeds