Urban Sores : On the Interaction Between Segregation, Urban Decay and Deprived Neighbourhoods (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction; Social segregation in cities; The appearance of urban decay and deprivation in Western cities; Explanations of decay in the urban housing market; Processes of social and physical decay in deprived urban neighbourhoods; Understanding deprived neighbourhoods - the connection between segregation and neighbourhood decay ; Efforts to combat urban decay; Bibliography; Index.