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Studies of immigrant groups within the UK have long
been couched in terms of nation-based ethnic
classifications. Yet the religious affiliation of
such groups is increasingly prominent within
societal and policy discourse. Previous studies have
examined the spatial distribution of ethnic groups
or religious affiliation but rarely have the
interactions between ethnicity and faith been
considered.

This book details results from Sarah-Anne Munoz's
doctoral research that investigated whether religion
is important in explaining the residential
patterning of ethnic minority groups by
considering the Indian and Pakistani
populations of two Scottish cities. The book
presents both quantitative and qualitative
understandings of ethnic-faith geographies, as well
as utilising a unique set of geographical boundaries
to make accurate comparisons between different
census years. This assesses the role of religious
affiliation in the production and evolution of
ethnic residential segregation. Using qualitative
methods it also investigates the role of religion in
the construction of place-based identities and
notions of community.

Residential Segregation, Religious Affiliation and Ethnicity: The geographies of Dundee's and Glasgow's Indian and Pakistani Faith Groups