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To explore the relationship between ethnoracial diversity and neighborhood conflict using the contested boundaries hypothesis.

Contested Boundaries: Explaining Where Ethnoracial Diversity Provokes Neighborhood Conflict

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To explore the relationship between ethnoracial diversity and neighborhood conflict using the contested boundaries hypothesis.
Analyzed 4.7 million geo-coded 311 service requests from New York City.
Applied edge detection algorithms to identify fuzzy boundaries between communities.
Focused on the spatial context rather than treating neighborhoods as isolated areas.
Neighborhood conflict complaints are more frequent at fuzzy boundaries compared to crisp borders.
Types of complaints include noise, public drinking, and blocked driveways.
Findings support the idea that poorly defined boundaries provoke more conflict.

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Randomized trial examines neighborhood conflict in ethnically diverse areas, indicating spatial boundaries matter.

Legewie et al. (2016) studied this question.

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