Published in:IIM Bangalore Research Paper ; No. 588 (2019)
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1 Online-Ressource (47 p)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.3377270
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments April 24, 2019 erstellt
Description:
One of the normative promises of Indian urbanization is the potential breaking down of the rigidities that characterize traditional caste hierarchies in an agrarian regime. In particular, urbanization holds the promise of breaking down spatial barriers between traditional caste groups. Using a unique census-scale dataset from urban Karnataka containing detailed caste and religion data, we present a contemporary snapshot of the relationship between urbanization and patterns of residential segregation. Our analysis shows that urban wards (the extant elementary spatial unit used in the literature) are heterogeneous and segregation within the wards at census-block scales account for a significant part of the overall patterns of city scale segregation. In particular, we show how intra-ward segregation is a central driver of ghettoization of the most spatially marginalized groups in urban India – Muslims and Dalits. We provide the first census-scale evidence in independent India that corroborates anecdotal accounts of urban ghettoization. The cross-section snapshot presented in this paper suggests that degree of residential segregation is uncorrelated with levels of urbanization. We report high levels of segregation across a diverse set of urban centers that include semi-urban settlements to arguably India's most globalized metropolis of over ten million residents, Bengaluru