Settlement Patterns of Immigrants: Gateway Cities and Urban Development - Prof. Bryan Syke, Study notes of Demographic Sociology

Download Settlement Patterns of Immigrants: Gateway Cities and Urban Development - Prof. Bryan Syke and more Study notes Demographic Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! Settlement Patterns of Immigrants
Turn of the Century  Most natives still lived in rural areas  Most immigrants settled in cities, played a crucial part in their development
Mid-Century  Suburbanization rampant among natives  1st generation remain more likely to settle in cities  2nd generation more likely to move out
End of the Century  Suburbanization of natives continues  New immigrants fill in ‘vacancies’ left by natives Settlement Patterns of Immigrants
The importance of enclave/immigrant networks AND labor market opportunities  Certain cities (e.g., New York, San Francisco) have well- established immigrant communities, have been gateway cities for over 100 years (see gateway cities slide). These cities also continue to offer job opportunities for new arrivals.  Other cities (e.g., St. Lewis, Detroit) suffered from labor market instability due to deindustrialization, no longer major immigrant ports as they lack job opportunities
Concentric circles of settlement (Park and Burgess of the Chicago school in the 1950s)  Observed that newer immigrants settle in central city areas  Immigrants “radiate” out with length of time spent in the US