Urban Ehtnic Encounters attempts to answer the two leading questions of how urban space structures the life of ethnic groups and how ethnic diversity helps to shape urban space. A multidisciplinary team of authors searches the various dimensions of the spatial organization of inter-ethnic relations in cities and countries around the globe. Unlike most ethnographies in which authors write about the 'other' in faraway places, the majority of the contributors have studied their own society.
The case studies are from four different continents. Material is presented from diverse locations such as the cities of Toronto, Philadelphia, Vienna, Beirut, Jakarta, Tehran, Osaka and Albuquerque, and the countries of Israel, Brazil and Taiwan, presents a unique opportunity for comparative analysis of ethnicity and spatial patterns. From this wealth of material important inter-cultural conclusions can be made about urban ethnic diversity.

About the Author

Aygen Erdentug is associate professor at the Department of Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Freek Colombijn is a lecturer at the Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Reviews

'This is a fascinating and timely book' - Peter Somerville, University of lincolnshire and Humberside

'...this book deals effectively with complexity of globalization, identity and places of global encounter through a well-structured organization of the text into three spatial levels...The variety of methods and empirical evidence enrich the volume.' - Urban Morphology, April 2003)

'Although this book is intended for readers of urban sociology, it undoubtedly informs urban morphologists about the reasons underlying the transformations taking place in global cities.' - Urban Morphology, April 2003

'This is a fascinating and timely book' - Peter Somerville, University of lincolnshire and Humberside

'...this book deals effectively with complexity of globalization, identity and places of global encounter through a well-structured organization of the text into three spatial levels...The variety of methods and empirical evidence enrich the volume.' -Urban Morphology, April 2003

Book Information
ISBN 9780415280853
Author Freek Colombijn
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 660g