Inequality is rising where social network segregation interacts with urban topology

oleh: Gergő Tóth, Johannes Wachs, Riccardo Di Clemente, Ákos Jakobi, Bence Ságvári, János Kertész, Balázs Lengyel

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01

Deskripsi

Not much is known about the joint relationships between social network structure, urban geography, and inequality. Here, the authors analyze an online social network and find that the fragmentation of social networks is significantly higher in towns in which residential neighborhoods are divided by physical barriers such as rivers and railroads.