Includes index.

The downward slope of upward mobility in a global economy / Carol Camp Yeakey, David L. Shepard -- Dare to be sick : poverty and health among vulnerable populations / Vetta Sanders Thompson, Anjanette Wells, Jacquelyn Coats -- Homeless youth and educational policy : a case study of urban youth in a metropolitan area / William G. Tierney, Ronald E. Hallett -- Light and shadow of public education for migrant children in urban China / Jing Liu -- Struggling towards equity and safe schools in Toronto, Canada / Sue Winton -- Education in a multicultural environment : equity issues in teaching and learning in England / William F. Boyle, Marie Charles -- Freedom schools and mastery learning : providing alternatives to failure in urban public education in the United States / V.P. Franklin -- Creating college-going cultures for students of color in the US : finding a balance between targeted and normative models of intervention / Rican Vue, Siduri Haslerig, Uma M. Jayakumar, Walter R. Allen -- Where the streets have no neighborhoods : marginality and decline in St. Louis, Missouri (USA) / Davis Royal Judson -- A city that works : an urban analysis of the city of Toronto / Amy Cole, Eboney J. Hutt, Elaine T. Stokes -- Confronting stereotypes : children and families in public housing / JoDee Keller -- Turning around the poorest neighbourhoods : learning the lessons from 20 years of neighbourhood-based regeneration strategies in England / Nick Bailey -- Policy decisions and environmental justice for casinos in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) / Moira Conway -- The neighborhood divide : poverty, place, and low-income housing in Metropolitan Richmond, Virginia (USA) / Monique S. Johnson -- Urban operations : public-private partnerships globalizing S�ao Paulo / Marina Toneli Siqueira -- Emergent spaces, contemporary urban conflicts : experiences of social mix in changing neighborhoods : the case study of Milan's Chinatown / Lidia K.C. Manzo -- Effects of social identity and poverty on orientation towards mass incidents in mainland China / Jing Sun, Nicholas Buys, Xinchao Wang -- The hidden unwanted : patterns of immigrants' marginality in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Milan (Italy) / Roberta Cucca -- The decline of social capital in urban China / Weijie Wang -- The redress of urban governance and marginality in Dhaka, Bangladesh / Saleh Ahmed -- 'Voting with their feet?' : satisfaction and preferences of quality of life in forty districts in Tokyo, Japan / Kayo Tajima -- 'The poor ye have with you always' : poverty and marginality in sub-Saharan Africa / Kingsley Banya -- Conclusion : 'living on the boundaries' / Carol Camp Yeakey.

Given the increasing urbanization of the world's population, how people thrive and survive in high density urban environments is a topic of profound interest to nation states and governments. Books have focused on 'poverty and place' and 'geography of opportunity,' questioning the influence of neighborhood environs on the future social mobility of those who inhabit those neighborhoods. This anthology describes and analyzes the living conditions of marginalized persons in cities and neighborhoods across the globe and the consequential impact on their future social mobility. Chapters focus on key issues that include immigration, educational underachievement, urban renewal, public health, immigration, homelessness, environmental issues, race, segregation, and the marginality of urban youth and economically disadvantaged groups.