Espace, populations, sociétés - Année 1996 - Volume 14 - Numéro 2 - Pages 305-314quie, en Asie du Sud-Est et en Afrique noire subsaharienne). Through the development of factorial ecology, the application of multidimensional analysis to studies of the socio-demographic composition of urban areas has improved our understanding of the residential context of life. Further this progress permits a renewed analysis of immigrant settlements. This paper presents a typology describing the residential context of life in which various immigrant groups find themselves. The research is based on the MGIS survey of immigrants born in Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, southeast Asia and subsaharian Africa. 10 pages Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.