The aim of this book is to introduce the significantly different urban experiences in social and spatial segregation patterns and rationales which exist among the world's regions and to demonstrate that urban theory needs to draw systematically upon this wide range of experiences. The cities selected (Athens, Beijing, Budapest, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Madrid, Paris, São Paulo, Taipei, and Tokyo) were chosen in order to achieve geographical spread, to maximise the diversity of types of socioeconomic regulation. This volume is thus able to avoid the interpretative limitations and misconstructions resulting from universalizing the Anglo-American experience.

Thomas Maloutas, Harokopio University and National Centre for Social Research, Athens, Greece. Kuniko Fujita, Michigan State University, USA.

1: Introduction: Residential Segregation in Context; 2: Residential Income Inequality in Tokyo and Why it Does Not Translate into Class-based Segregation; 3: The Impact of Housing Tenure on Residential Segregation in Beijing, China; 4: Residential Segregation in an Unequal City: Why are There No Urban Ghettos in Hong Kong?; 5: A Portrait of Residential Differentiation in Taipei City (1980-2010); 6: Residential Segregation and Social Structure in São Paulo: Continuity and Change since the 1990s; 7: Segregation, Social Mix and Public Policies in Paris; 8: The Solidity of Urban Socio-spatial Structures in Copenhagen; 9: Residential Segregation in Budapest before and after Transition; 10: The Limits of Segregation as an Expression of Socioeconomic Inequality: The Madrid Case 1; 11: Changing Dynamics of Residential Segregation in Istanbul; 12: Social Polarization and De-segregation in Athens; 13: Conclusion: Residential Segregation and Urban Theory