Saturday, January 09, 2010

On neighbourhood diversity

Marginal Revolution links to a study in Hyderabad on mixed housing Evidence from India on neighborhood diversity. The paper says "As India expands public housing for the poor to accommodate rapid urbanization, deliberate mixing of religious groups can be a way of improving attitudes toward the religious minority." Muslims are about 40 percent in Hyderabad and thus not really a minority, but I like the recommendation.

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