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Multiethnic Rome: Toward residential segregation?

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This research examines the presence of foreign national residents in Rome, through an examination of their distribution and localisation in different administrative districts. Since there is a close relationship between localisation and access to services, job opportunities, linguistic integration, and education, the residential patterns of migrant communities need to be explored in order to foster the process of ethnic integration. The 1998 census is used to analyze the presence of foreign nationals both in the districts and in the different urban zones of the Capital. For this reason it is possible to apply the index of segregation to 7 foreign national groups and then produce maps which detail where these groups are concentrated. The study also discusses public policy issues in order to improve the process of integration of different ethnic groups in Rome.

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  1. Department of Human Geography, University ``La Sapienza'', P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy

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Cristaldi, F. Multiethnic Rome: Toward residential segregation?. GeoJournal 58, 81–90 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GEJO.0000010827.68349.9e

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