Investigating the relationship between environmental quality, socio-spatial segregation and the social dimension of sustainability in US urban areas.

ABSTRACT: This work is intended to assess the relationship between the three dimensions of sustainability (environmental, economic, and social) and residential segregation broadly across US urban areas. Multivariate indices of segregation and sustainability are created using data aggregated to 933 US Census Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs). The relationship between segregation and sustainability (and dimensions, independently) is analyzed across the CBSAs using correlation and spatial analyses. Results show an inverse relationship between segregation and sustainability, where increasing urban segregation corresponds to decreases in sustainability. Social and economic dimensions of sustainability are negatively correlated with segregation while the environmental dimension is positively correlated

SUBMITTER: Buck KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8943821 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature