Ethnoburb

Ethnoburb

An ethnoburb is a suburban residential and business area in North America with a significant concentration of a particular ethnic minority population. The term was first coined in 1997 by Dr. Wei Li, then assistant professor of Geography and Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut, in a paper examining the suburban Chinese population in Los Angeles, California.cite journal|url=http://users.fmg.uva.nl/jrath/educ/@Li_Ethnoburbs_Urban_Studies_1998.pdf|author=Wei Li|title=Anatomy of a New Ethnic Settlement: The Chinese Ethnoburb in Los Angeles|journal=Urban Studies|volume=35|issue=3|pages=479–501|year=1998|accessdate=2007-05-03|format=PDF|doi=10.1080/0042098984871] The formation of an ethnoburb may be attributed to a combination of reasons, including changes in international politics and the global economy, changes in U.S. national policies, and shifts in a variety of local city conditions. Ethnoburb communities have extensive external connections to the globalised mainstream economy, leading to high socioeconomic levels in its residents. An ethnoburb acts as a social hub and a place where immigrants may work and do business within their own networks. The formation of ethnoburbs also have an effect on the cultural and political characteristics of a city. In cities like San Francisco, Vancouver, and Toronto, for example, Chinese immigrants have built large houses and malls catering to Chinese businesses, altering the city landscape.cite web|url=http://www.culturescanada.ca/news.php?detail=n1098715809.news|title=Keeping up with the Dosanjhs: The Rise of North America’s Ethnoburbs|author=Christopher DeWolf|publisher=CulturesCanada.ca|date=2004-10-20|accessdate=2007-05-04]

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External links

* [http://www.whb.co.uk/socialissues/vol2vm.htm Mobile Chinatowns: the future of community in a global space of flows]
* [http://www.cybergeo.presse.fr/culture/weili/weili.htm Ethnoburb versus Chinatown: Two Types of Urban Ethnic Communities in Los Angeles]


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