Chapter 1 A multi-factor approach to understanding socio-economic segregation in European capital cities
Growing inequalities in Europe, even in the most egalitarian countries, are a major challenge threatening the sustainability of urban communities and the competive- ness of European cities. Surprisingly, though, there is a lack of systematic and representative research on the spatial dimension of ri...
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| author | van Ham, Maarten Marcińczak, Szymon Tammaru, Tiit Musterd, Sako |
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| description | Growing inequalities in Europe, even in the most egalitarian countries, are a major challenge threatening the sustainability of urban communities and the competive- ness of European cities. Surprisingly, though, there is a lack of systematic and representative research on the spatial dimension of rising inequalities. This gap is filled by our book project Socio-Economic Segregation in European Capital Cities: East Meets West, with empirical evidence from Amsterdam, Athens, Budapest, London, Madrid, Milan, Oslo, Prague, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vienna and Vilnius. This introductory chapter outlines the background to this interna- tional comparative research and introduces a multi-factor approach to studying socio-economic segregation. The chapter focuses on four underlying universal structural factors: social inequalities, global city status, welfare regime and the housing system. Based on these factors, we propose a hypothetical ranking of segregation levels in the thirteen case study cities. As the conclusions of this book show, the hypothetical ranking and the actual ranking of cities by segregation levels only match partly; the explanation for this can be sought in context-specific factors which will be discussed in-depth in each of the case study chapters. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-352702025-05-08T12:51:34Z Chapter 1 A multi-factor approach to understanding socio-economic segregation in European capital cities van Ham, Maarten Marcińczak, Szymon Tammaru, Tiit Musterd, Sako inequalities european cities urban communities growing inequalities europe inequalities european cities urban communities growing inequalities europe Budapest Eastern Europe Globalization Prague Residential segregation in the United States Socioeconomics Stockholm Tallinn Vienna Vilnius Growing inequalities in Europe, even in the most egalitarian countries, are a major challenge threatening the sustainability of urban communities and the competive- ness of European cities. Surprisingly, though, there is a lack of systematic and representative research on the spatial dimension of rising inequalities. This gap is filled by our book project Socio-Economic Segregation in European Capital Cities: East Meets West, with empirical evidence from Amsterdam, Athens, Budapest, London, Madrid, Milan, Oslo, Prague, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vienna and Vilnius. This introductory chapter outlines the background to this interna- tional comparative research and introduces a multi-factor approach to studying socio-economic segregation. The chapter focuses on four underlying universal structural factors: social inequalities, global city status, welfare regime and the housing system. Based on these factors, we propose a hypothetical ranking of segregation levels in the thirteen case study cities. As the conclusions of this book show, the hypothetical ranking and the actual ranking of cities by segregation levels only match partly; the explanation for this can be sought in context-specific factors which will be discussed in-depth in each of the case study chapters. Published 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-08-08 13:12:15 2020-04-01T13:59:20Z 2016-09-16 23:55 2018-08-08 13:12:15 2020-04-01T13:59:20Z 2016-12-31 23:55:55 2018-08-08 13:12:15 2020-04-01T13:59:20Z 2015 chapter 615512 OCN: 1030818113 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32143 9781315758879;9781317637486 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35270 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32143/1/615512.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32143/1/615512.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32143/1/615512.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32143/1/615512.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32143/1/615512.pdf Taylor & Francis fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Socio-Economic Segregation in European Capital Cities: East Meets West FP7 Ideas: European Research Council 7292b17b-f01a-4016-94d3-d7fb5ef9fb79 9781315758879;9781317637486 European Research Council (ERC) EU collection 615159 FP7 SC39 open access |
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