Socioeconomic segregation in European capital cities. Increasing separation between poor and rich |
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| Authors: | Sako Musterd Szymon Marcińczak Maarten van Ham Tiit Tammaru |
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| Institution: | 1. Urban Geography, Centre for Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlandss.musterd@uva.nl;3. Institute of Urban Geography and Tourism, University of ?ód?, ?ód?, Poland;4. OTB - Research for the Built Environment, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands;5. School of Geography &6. Geosciences, Irvine Building, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland;7. Urban and Population Geography, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | Socioeconomic segregation inequality capital cities Europe comparative research census data |
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