Income Inequality and Residential Segregation in European Cities

Tammaru, T.; Sinitsyna, Anastasia; Akhavizadegan, Alireza; van Ham, M.; Marcińczak, Szymon; Musterd, Sako

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74544-8_3

Income Inequality and Residential Segregation in European Cities

Title

Income Inequality and Residential Segregation in European Cities

Author

Tammaru, T. (University of Tartu)
Sinitsyna, Anastasia (University of Tartu)
Akhavizadegan, Alireza (University of Tartu)
van Ham, M. (TU Delft Urbanism)
Marcińczak, Szymon (Uniwersytet Lodzki)
Musterd, Sako (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

Contributor

Pryce, Gwilym (editor)
Ping Wang, Ya (editor)
Chen, Yu (editor)
Shan, Jingjing (editor)
Wei, Houkai (editor)

Department

Urbanism

Date

2021

Abstract

Based on extensive research with distinguished scholars within the book project ‘Socioeconomic Segregation in European Capital Cities’, this chapter summarizes the key trends in income inequality and socioeconomic segregation in Europe. We draw our data from the two last census rounds, and we focus on the most common indicators of income inequality (Gini Index) and residential segregation (Dissimilarity Index). We find that levels of residential segregation grew between the two last censuses in most of the cities included in our study. Changes in residential segregation follow changes in income inequality with a time lag, and it tends to happen in both directions. Low levels of income inequality relate to low levels of segregation after 10 years, and high levels of inequality relate to high levels of segregation after 10 years.

Subject

Comparative urban studies
Europe
Income inequality
Residential segregation

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74544-8_3

Publisher

Springer

ISBN

978-3-030-74543-1

Source

Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China: Towards a New Dialogue