Subject(s): Cities and towns in Developing countries :Asia, Latin America, Africa -- Globalization -- Social aspects -- Residential segregation -- Neighbourhood segregation of the Nigerian urban spatial structure -- Non-polarized residential development -- Desegregation, deracialization or non-racialism: post-apartheid schooling in south Africa -- Mumbai: spatial segregation in a globalizing city -- Social segregation in a squatter settlement -- Ruralization of urban space -- Urbanization and social segregation in Chinese cities under globalizing forces -- Segregation and exclusion -- Marginality -- Income distribution and polarization in Mexican urban areas