Ep 75: Segregating the Built Environment with Ann Owens

We often talk about residential segregation by race or income, but we rarely explore it in the literal sense — as in segregation of residences: of one kind of housing from another. Ann Owens joins to discuss her research on how segregation manifests itself in our built environment in cities and neighborhoods across the U.S.

Show notes:

• Owens, A. (2019). Building inequality: Housing segregation and income segregation. Sociological Science, 6, 497.
• Rich, P., & Owens, A. (2023). Neighborhood–School structures: A new approach to the joint study of social contexts. Annual review of sociology, 49(1), 297-317.
• Check out the interactive segregation map and data tool created by Ann and the rest of the Segregation Explorer team.
• And check out Propinquity, the site created by Andre Comandon and Paavo comparing segregation in cities across a dozen countries.
• Lens, M. C., & Monkkonen, P. (2016). Do strict land use regulations make metropolitan areas more segregated by income? Journal of the American Planning Association, 82(1), 6-21.
• Kain, J. F., & Quigley, J. M. (1972). Note on owner's estimate of housing value. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 67(340), 803-806.
• Andre Comandon’s dissertation, “Ethnoracial Diversification at the Edges of Exclusion.”
• Owens, A., & Smith, R. B. (2023). Producing affordable housing in higher-opportunity neighborhoods: Incentives in California’s LIHTC program. Journal of Urban Affairs, 1-29.