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Descriptor English: Residential Segregation
Descriptor Spanish: Segregación Residencial
Descriptor segregación residencial
Entry term(s) blockbusting
composición racial del vecindario
composición racial-étnica del vecindario
composición étnica del vecindario
composición étnico-racial del vecindario
gentrificación
segregación urbana
Scope note: Separación espacial de las VIVIENDAS dentro de un área geográfica basada en la raza, la etnia, la nacionalidad y otros FACTORES SOCIOECONÓMICOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Segregação Residencial
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Blockbusting
Composition, Neighborhood Ethnic
Composition, Neighborhood Racial
Ethnic Composition, Neighborhood
Gentrification
Neighborhood Ethnic Composition
Neighborhood Ethnic Compositions
Neighborhood Ethnic Racial Composition
Neighborhood Racial Composition
Neighborhood Racial Compositions
Neighborhood Racial Ethnic Composition
Racial Composition, Neighborhood
Residential Segregations
Segregation, Residential
Urban Segregation
Tree number(s): I01.880.735.820.750
N01.224.791.775.375
N06.850.505.400.800.775.375
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000093863
Scope note: Spatial separation of HOUSING within a geographic area based on racial, ethnic, nationality and other SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS.
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Residence Characteristics (1970-2022)
Public MeSH Note: 2023
History Note: 2023
DeCS ID: 60202
Unique ID: D000093863
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Date Established: 2023/01/01
Date of Entry: 2022/07/08
Revision Date: 2022/05/23
Residential Segregation - Preferred
Concept UI M000754976
Scope note Spatial separation of HOUSING within a geographic area based on racial, ethnic, nationality and other SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS.
Preferred term Residential Segregation
Entry term(s) Residential Segregations
Segregation, Residential
Urban Segregation
Blockbusting - Narrower
Concept UI FD00062077
Scope note A technique that consists in persuading an owner to sell his property at the lowest cost by showing him that the area has lost its value and that minorities are beginning to settle there (a means often used by real estate agents). (Loose translation from the original: http://traduction.babylon-software.com/anglais/a-francais/) Gentrification: The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents. (From: Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Available in: http://bit.ly/2ktwQNK)
Preferred term Blockbusting
Gentrification - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000754981
Scope note Demographic shift in NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS where low-income residents are replaced by higher-income residents. Gentrification often results in displacement of minorities from their neighborhood.
Preferred term Gentrification
Neighborhood Ethnic Racial Composition - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000754979
Preferred term Neighborhood Ethnic Racial Composition
Entry term(s) Neighborhood Racial Ethnic Composition
Neighborhood Racial Composition - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000754977
Preferred term Neighborhood Racial Composition
Entry term(s) Composition, Neighborhood Racial
Neighborhood Racial Compositions
Racial Composition, Neighborhood
Neighborhood Ethnic Composition - Narrower
Concept UI M000754978
Preferred term Neighborhood Ethnic Composition
Entry term(s) Composition, Neighborhood Ethnic
Ethnic Composition, Neighborhood
Neighborhood Ethnic Compositions



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