Urban segregation and governance in the Americas / edited by Bryan R. Roberts and Robert H. Wilson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Residential segregation and governance in the Americas : an overview / Bryan R. Roberts and Robert H. Wilson -- 2. Advances in research methods for the study of urban segregation / Carolina Flores -- 3. Residential segregation in greater Buenos Aires / Fernando Groisman and Ana Lourdes Suarez -- 4. Urban governance and intra-urban population differentials in Latin America : a case study of metropolitan Lima, Peru / Paul A. Peters -- 5. Residential segregation in the Mexico City metropolitan area, 1990-2000 / Andres Villarreal and Erin R. Hamilton -- 6. Residential segregation in Montevideo : challenges to educational equality / Ruben Kaztman and Alejandro Retamoso -- 7. Residential segregation in Santiago : scale-related effects and trends, 1992-2002 / Francisco Sabatini, Guillermo Wormald, Carlos Sierralta and Paul A. Peters -- 8. Residential segregation in Sao Paulo : consequences for urban policies / Haroldo da Gama Torres and Renata Mirandola Bichir -- 9. The process of cumulative disadvantage : concentration of poverty and the quality of public education in the metropolitan region of Campinas / Jose Marcos Pinto da Cunha and Maren Andrea Jimenez -- 10. Changing patterns of residential segregation in Austin / Carolina Flores and Robert H. Wilson -- 11. Spatial differentiation, inequality, and urban policy : the findings / Bryan R. Roberts and Robert H. Wilson.