Socioeconomic segregation in European capital cities

Socioeconomic segregation in European capital cities: Increasing separation between poor and rich

Musterd, Sako (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Marcińczak, Szymon (Uniwersytet Lodzki)
van Ham, M. (TU Delft OLD Urban Renewal and Housing; University of St Andrews)
Tammaru, T. (University of Tartu)

2016

Socioeconomic inequality is on the rise in major European cities, as are concerns over it, since it is seen as a threat to social cohesion and stability. Surprisingly, relatively little is known about the spatial dimensions of rising socioeconomic inequality. This paper builds on a study of socioeconomic segregation in 12 European cities: Amsterdam, Athens, Budapest, London, Madrid, Oslo, Prague, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vienna, and Vilnius. Data used derive from national censuses and registers for 2001 and 2011. The main conclusion is that socioeconomic segregation has increased. This paper develops a rigorous multifactor approach to understand segregation and links it to four underlying, partially overlapping, structural factors: social inequalities, globalization and economic restructuring, welfare regimes, and housing systems. Taking into account contextual factors resulted in a better understanding of actual segregation levels, while introducing time lags between structural factors and segregation outcomes will likely further improve the theoretical model.

capital cities
census data
comparative research
Europe
inequality
Socioeconomic segregation

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0272dc25-fd29-4de4-a334-df3d0753f3dd

https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2016.1228371

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Urban Geography, 38 (2017) (7), 1062-1083

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© 2016 Sako Musterd, Szymon Marcińczak, M. van Ham, T. Tammaru