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Barrios and hyper barrios: how Latino neighborhoods changed the urban built environment
This paper examines the trends in Latino neighborhoods located in a metropolitan statistical area. We focused on Latino neighborhoods because they are important features of the urban built environment. The change in this urban space from non-Latino to Latino identity has significant implications. The analysis focused on four research questions: (1) how many Latino neighborhoods exist in the US? (2) which metropolitan regions had Latino neighborhoods? (3) what was the spatial relationship of Latino neighborhoods within each region? and (4) what factors were associated with Latino neighborhoods? We provide empirical evidence to answer these questions. First, Latino neighborhoods have increased by 232% from 1980 to 2010. Second, there were 13 metropolitan regions that had more than 100 Latino neighborhoods in 2010. Third, the majority of the Latino neighborhoods in each region were highly clustered in space with each other. Fourth, the proportion of Latino immigrations, Latino poverty, and Latinos who speak another language at home (other than English) were associated with the densification of Latino neighborhoods (i.e. hyper barrios). Our research suggests that Latino neighborhoods offer an important analytical lens into understanding the social, economic and political forces that make the city function on a day-to-day basis.
Barrios and hyper barrios: how Latino neighborhoods changed the urban built environment
This paper examines the trends in Latino neighborhoods located in a metropolitan statistical area. We focused on Latino neighborhoods because they are important features of the urban built environment. The change in this urban space from non-Latino to Latino identity has significant implications. The analysis focused on four research questions: (1) how many Latino neighborhoods exist in the US? (2) which metropolitan regions had Latino neighborhoods? (3) what was the spatial relationship of Latino neighborhoods within each region? and (4) what factors were associated with Latino neighborhoods? We provide empirical evidence to answer these questions. First, Latino neighborhoods have increased by 232% from 1980 to 2010. Second, there were 13 metropolitan regions that had more than 100 Latino neighborhoods in 2010. Third, the majority of the Latino neighborhoods in each region were highly clustered in space with each other. Fourth, the proportion of Latino immigrations, Latino poverty, and Latinos who speak another language at home (other than English) were associated with the densification of Latino neighborhoods (i.e. hyper barrios). Our research suggests that Latino neighborhoods offer an important analytical lens into understanding the social, economic and political forces that make the city function on a day-to-day basis.
Barrios and hyper barrios: how Latino neighborhoods changed the urban built environment
Onésimo Sandoval, J.S. (author) / Jennings, Joel (author)
2012-11-01
28 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Latino , neighborhoods , Mexican , Cuban , Puerto Rican , Pan-Latino
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