Metropolitics

Visualizing “Superdiversity” in New York City

H. Jacob Carlson — 2022-11-08T06:00:00Z

A new set of visualization and mapping tools focused on “superdiversity” shows the complexity and intersectionality of New York City. These tools will be useful for scholars, policy-shapers, journalists, and many others.
“Superdiversity” refers to how assigned categories of racial difference and national origin have become much more complex. Highlighting these multiple layers of diversity was the goal of an international team of researchers. Steven Vertovec (Max Planck Institute) and Daniel

- Essays / superdiversity, diversity, New York, United States, hyper-diversity, social diversity, mapping

When Measurement Matters: Displacement, Gentrification, Residential Mobility

H. Jacob Carlson — 2020-04-14T05:00:00Z

Scholarly studies of displacement resulting from gentrification are inconsistent in what they measure, and omit mechanisms of displacement.
Gentrification is a concern in communities across the country. As previously low-income neighborhoods see an influx of more affluent households, they are accompanied by rising rents, changing demographics, and a reshaping of the economic and cultural landscape. The preexisting residents see these changes in their community and worry that they and their

- Essays / gentrification, displacement, New York, residential mobility, housing, replacement

When Progressive Mayors Aren't Enough: Homes for All and Trans-Local Social Movements

H. Jacob Carlson & Marnie Brady & Gianpaolo Baiocchi — 2018-11-13T06:00:00Z

Progressive governments are often pulled away from their campaign promises by local growth-coalition interests or for other reasons. Social movements serve as necessary progressive counterweights. H. Jacob Carlson, Marnie Brady and Gianpaolo Baiocchi show how the growing Homes for All campaign uses trans-local organizing to connect organizers across distant places to build both local and national momentum for progressive housing demands.
---- Series: Progressive Mayors and Urban Social

- From the Field / housing, urban policy, social movement, United States, networks, affordable housing, progressive urban politics, policymaking, mayors, progressive mayors, trans-local, housing justice