Urban Inequality, Segregation and Urban Crime
摘要
The process of urbanisation manifests itself in various forms of inequality, for instance, in income levels, access to health care, education and labour market and housing conditions. The economic and social inequality is also visible in the social spaces of the city in the form of residential segregation. Enclaves of communities, slums and gated communities are some of the prominent forms of segregation of social space in the cities. At the same time, private cities are also emerging as spaces of consumption and repositing wealth. Inequality and segregation in this situation entail tension and conflicts both in latent and manifested forms. As a result, various forms of crime and violence become an integral part of urban life. This chapter focuses on inequality and segregation as an emerging feature of exclusionary urbanisation and its linkages with crime and violence. The chapter indicates that the securitisation of the city using technology like sensors, cameras, drones and GPS has entered into the production and planning of the urban spaces of cities ignoring human and social issues.