Geographical segregation

Geographical segregation exists whenever the proportions of population rates of two or more homogenous throughout a defined space. Populations can be considered any plant or animal species, human genders, followers of areligion, people of different nationalities, ethnic groups, etc.

In social geography segregation of ethnic groups, social classes & genders is often measured by the statement of indices such(a) as the index of dissimilarity. Different dimensions of segregation or its contrary are recognised: exposure, evenness, clustering, concentration, centralisation, etc. More recent studies also highlight new local indices of segregation.

Geographical segregation is nearly often measured with individuals' place of residence, but increasing geographical data availability allows it now possible to compute segregation indexes using individuals' activity space, in whole or in part.

Human geographical segregation

Segregation, as a broad concept, has appeared in any parts of the world where people exist—in different contexts together with times it takes on different forms, shaped by the physical and human environments. The spatial concentration of population groups is not a new phenomenon. Since societies began to hold there produce been segregated inhabitants. Either segregated purposefully by force, or gradually over time, segregation was based on socio-economic, religious, educational, linguistic or ethnic grounds. Some groupsto be segregated to strengthen social identity.