Reevaluating Poverty Concentration With Spatial Analysis
Detroit in the 1990s 1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11670341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joe Grengs (0000-0002-0858-5387, University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 340-360 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2747/0272-3638.28.4.340 |
| OpenAlex | W1983208169 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 25 |
Standard measures of poverty concentration based on census tracts may not accurately reflect neighborhood conditions because they offer a weak link to the underlying geography of a neighborhood. Changes in the spatial configuration of land use within a census tract can have the effect of increasing or decreasing the density of poverty. This study uses a dasymetric mapping technique in a raster GIS environment to intersect population data in a block group layer with land use categories from a land use layer. I produce poverty counts and rates at a much finer spatial resolution than a block group, with an explicit spatial relationship between population and surrounding neighborhood characteristics. I illustrate the technique for the City of Detroit by measuring poverty concentration change between 1990 and 2000. I find that poverty became more concentrated in space during the 1990s, counter to reports of diminishing poverty concentration that are based on the share of poor people in high-poverty tracts
Block (permutation group theory · Cartography · Census · Census tract · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Land use · Population · Poverty · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Mathematics · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |