TGI Friday Seminar: Immigration and the 'Great Inversion'
Who: Dr. Kyle Walker, Department of History & Geography, Texas Christian University
When: October 16th, 3-4 PM
Where: EESAT 130
Why? Traditional models of urban demography in the US have suggested that immigrants first settle in urban cores then move to more affluent suburban communities as they acculturate. However, many writers and urban scholars have proposed that US metropolitan areas are experiencing a "great inversion" in which urban cores are growing more affluent as suburbs stagnate or decline economically. In this talk, I review the relationship between immigration and this proposed metropolitan "inversion." I discuss how metropolitan immigrant geographies are shifting, I explore how this varies by metropolitan area and immigrant group, and I reflect on what these trends mean for traditional and new models of urban demographic structure.
Dr. Kyle Walker examines US immigration politics, the demography of cities and suburbs, and public health disparities.