Immigrant community integration in world cities

@article{Lamanna2018ImmigrantCI,
  title={Immigrant community integration in world cities},
  author={Fabio Lamanna and Maxime Lenormand and Maria Henar Salas-Olmedo and Gustavo Romanillos and Bruno Gonçalves and Jos{\'e} J. Ramasco},
  journal={PLoS ONE},
  year={2018},
  volume={13}
}
As a consequence of the accelerated globalization process, today major cities all over the world are characterized by an increasing multiculturalism. The integration of immigrant communities may be affected by social polarization and spatial segregation. How are these dynamics evolving over time? To what extent the different policies launched to tackle these problems are working? These are critical questions traditionally addressed by studies based on surveys and census data. Such sources are… 
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