Residential Preferences: An Alternate View of Intraurban Space

1973 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 693-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
W A V Clark ◽  
M Cadwallader
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Residential Preferences ◽  
Preference Patterns ◽  
Income Constraint

Maps of the intraurban residential preferences of a large sample of respondents in the Los Angeles metropolitan area are presented as an alternate way of viewing intraurban space. Some technical problems associated with the analysis of residential preferences are discussed, and an income constraint is introduced as an integral part of the analysis. The results suggest that it is possible to present a meaningful map of the urban area in terms of residential preferences, and that the preference patterns displayed by minority groups indicate the importance of ethnic ties.

scholarly journals France-Based Scholars Researching Minority Groups in the Field: A Symposium

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Bonzom ◽  
Rim Latrache ◽  
Caroline Laurent ◽  
Yohann Le Moigne
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Labor Movement ◽  
American Studies ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indian Reservations ◽  
University Of Paris ◽  
Muslim Identities

The editors asked four French scholars specializing in American studies a series of five questions regarding their experience of conducting fieldwork, the challenges they faced, and how they met them. The following is a collaborative contribution, a discussion among the four contributors. The four authors are Yohann Le Moigne (University of Angers), who is a specialist of turf-based gang rivalries in the Los Angeles metropolitan area; Caroline Laurent (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), who does research on casinos on Indian reservations in the Midwest; Rim Latrache (University of Paris 13 Villetaneuse), who specializes on the construction and expression of Arab and Muslim identities in the United States; and Mathieu Bonzom (University of Orléans), whose work focuses on Latin immigrants and their participation in the labor movement.

Reassessing Residential Preferences for Redevelopment

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. M. Bader
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Racial Segregation ◽  
Urban Policies ◽  
Residential Preferences ◽  
Chicago Metropolitan Area ◽  
Preference Patterns ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Almost All

While scholars argue that redevelopment and gentrification result in large part from the unique preferences of middle–class residents moving to neighborhoods after decades of flight, almost all of this evidence is extrapolated from the behavior of residents already living in redeveloped neighborhoods. I argue that understanding the consequences of redevelopment, particularly urban policies advocating redevelopment, requires measuring the preferences for redeveloped neighborhoods among the broader metropolitan population. Using data from a representative sample of Chicago metropolitan area adults, I find that homeowners and renters differ in their patterns of preferences for redeveloped neighborhoods: city or suburban residence is more important for homeowners while race is a much stronger factor among renters. This reassessment of preference patterns highlights the potential for redevelopment policies to fall short of intended goals to attract investment and alleviate racial segregation.

Resurgent Ethnicity and Residential Choice Among Second-generation Asian Americans in a Los Angeles Panethnic Suburb

2021 ◽  
pp. 107808742110169
Author(s):  
R. Varisa Patraporn ◽  
Barbara W. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
Residential Preferences ◽  
Ethnic Populations ◽  
Resurgent Ethnicity

We draw on forty-six in-depth interviews with residents of Cerritos, California, a middle-class majority Asian suburb in Los Angeles County to explore the meaning of resurgent ethnicity and the ways in which a racialized identity informs residential preferences and choice among second-generation Asian Americans. Findings suggest that second-generation Asian Americans are choosing to reside in a place that offers cultural and class-based amenities that reflects a multiethnic sensibility. They also make residential choices based on family ties to strengthen and maintain intergenerational relations and share mutual social and economic resources. For second-generation Asian Americans, this racially dominant but ethnically diverse spatial settlement also provides a sense of belonging, signifying the continuing significance of race among middle-class, acculturated racial minority groups. As U.S. ethnic populations continue to grow and continue the trend of suburbanization and segregation, understanding such places and their implications will become increasingly important.

scholarly journals Social networks and alcohol consumption among first generation Chinese and Korean immigrants in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-255
Author(s):  
C. Richard Hofstetter ◽  
John D. Clapp ◽  
Jon-Patrick Allem ◽  
Suzanne C. Hughes ◽  
Yawen Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Korean Immigrants ◽  
Dual Frame ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Chinese Origin

Hofstetter, C., Clapp, J., Allem, J., Hughes, S., Li, Y., Irvin, V., Daly, A., Kang, S., & Hovell, M. (2014). Social networks and alcohol consumption among first generation Chinese and Korean immigrants in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The International Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Research, 3(4), 245-255. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v3i4.188Aims: To test hypotheses involving mechanisms of reinforcement of alcohol behaviors operating in social networks.Design: Telephone interviews conducted by professional interviewers in Mandarin or Korean or English with first generation Chinese (from Mainland or Taiwan) and Korean immigrants residing using a dual frame stratified sampling design. Combined probability and non-probability approaches for sampling due to the widespread use of cell phones. Interviews were conducted in language of preferences with over 95% of interviews in Korean or Mandarin.Setting: Residents of three counties with the largest proportions of eligible residents (Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino) were included.Participants: Adult residents (21 and over) stratified by gender who could be reached by telephone constituted the sample.Measures: Measures included frequency/amount alcohol consumption drawn from NIAAA standard, a “relax, socialize, have fun with” name generator was used to identify alters. Reinforcers within networks were measured by participant reports of amount of alter drinking, drunkenness, and encouragement to drink, acculturation, and demographic variables were measured by self report.Findings: Using a random effects approach and controlling for other variables, including drinking in the network, acculturation, Korean/Chinese origin, and demographics, source of immigration, network context, as was and sampling frame, encouragement to drink in the network was related to drinking (P<.05).Conclusions: Studies of social networks in relation to health behaviors should include measures of actions within networks, especially reinforcers of behaviors, in order to understand the functioning and consequences of networks.

The Dominguez Hills, California, earthquake of June 18, 1944*

1948 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Samuel T. Martner
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Slight Damage

Summary Two small earthquakes on June 18, 1944, were felt generally in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and did slight damage in the region of Compton and Gardena, California, which included collapse of sixteen wells in the Rosecrans oil field. Epicenters of these shocks have been determined to be near 33° 51′ N Lat. and 118° 15′ W Long., with origin times at 4:03:34 p.m. and 7:06:06 p.m., P.S.T. This occurrence is compared with a previous happening in 1941, and the parallel is so striking that it is strongly suggested that the mechanism was similar in both.

scholarly journals Impacts of urban land-surface forcing on ozone air quality in the Seoul metropolitan area

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2177-2194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.-H. Ryu ◽  
J.-J. Baik ◽  
K.-H. Kwak ◽  
S. Kim ◽  
N. Moon
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Urban Boundary Layer ◽  
Breeze Circulation ◽  
Air Masses ◽  
Elevated O3 ◽  
Seoul Metropolitan Area

Abstract. Modified local meteorology owing to heterogeneities in the urban–rural surface can affect urban air quality. In this study, the impacts of urban land-surface forcing on ozone air quality during a high ozone (O3) episode in the Seoul metropolitan area, South Korea, are investigated using a high-resolution chemical transport model (CMAQ). Under fair weather conditions, the temperature excess (urban heat island) significantly modifies boundary layer characteristics/structures and local circulations. The modified boundary layer and local circulations result in an increase in O3 levels in the urban area of 16 ppb in the nighttime and 13 ppb in the daytime. Enhanced turbulence in the deep urban boundary layer dilutes pollutants such as NOx, and this contributes to the elevated O3 levels through the reduced O3 destruction by NO in the NOx-rich environment. The advection of O3 precursors over the mountains near Seoul by the prevailing valley-breeze circulation in the mid- to late morning results in the build-up of O3 over the mountains in conjunction with biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions there. As the prevailing local circulation in the afternoon changes to urban-breeze circulation, the O3-rich air masses over the mountains are advected over the urban area. The urban-breeze circulation exerts significant influences on not only the advection of O3 but also the chemical production of O3 under the circumstances in which both anthropogenic and biogenic (natural) emissions play important roles in O3 formation. As the air masses that are characterized by low NOx and high BVOC levels and long OH chain length are advected over the urban area from the surroundings, the ozone production efficiency increases in the urban area. The relatively strong vertical mixing in the urban boundary layer embedded in the sea-breeze inflow layer reduces NOx levels, thus contributing to the elevated O3 levels in the urban area.

scholarly journals Estimating Multinomial Logit Models with Samples of Alternatives

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 341-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin F. Jarvis
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Conditional Logistic Regression ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Urban Inequality ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Residential Preferences ◽  
Multinomial Logit Models ◽  
Statistical Correction ◽  
Choice Sets ◽  
Using Data

This comment reconsiders advice offered by Bruch and Mare regarding sampling choice sets in conditional logistic regression models of residential mobility. Contradicting Bruch and Mare’s advice, past econometric research shows that no statistical correction is needed when using simple random sampling of unchosen alternatives to pare down respondents’ choice sets. Using data on stated residential preferences contained in the Los Angeles portion of the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality, it is shown that following Bruch and Mare’s advice—to implement a statistical correction for simple random choice set sampling—leads to biased coefficient estimates. This bias is all but eliminated if the sampling correction is omitted.

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