Divided cities in the 21st century: challenging the importance of globalisation

Kempen, Ronald van

doi:10.1007/s10901-006-9064-3

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“…Today, privatisation of public space is a broadly encountered phenomenon, manifesting itself very strongly in contemporary spaces of consumption, which compete with the city, assuming social activities traditionally undertaken within the urban environment. Phenomena relating to the imminent globalisation, development of the knowledge-based economy and information society, also contribute to breaking traditional relations within the built space [48]. The return to the concept of urbanity, postulated for many years now, is manifested in a tangible way in the compactness of structure, the block development, or the hierarchical sequence of streets and squares [41].…”

Section: Summary -Contemporary Problems Of Urban Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Subject of urban tissue continuity in different urbanisation periods in Europe. Selected aspects

2017

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Subject of urban tissue continuity in different urbanisation periods in Europe. Selected aspects Zagadnienie ciągłości tkanki miejskiej w różnych okresach urbanizacji w Europie. Wybrane aspekty Abstract 21 st century cities, owing to their size, concentration of capital, advanced services and production, are the main centres of the global economy. It is not, however, the domain of exclusively postmodern times. For centuries, cities have played a key role in the development of civilisation, and the processes taking place within them have had an effect on the functioning of entire societies. The urban form we deal with today is a resultant of many determining factors and transformations. This paper presents selected aspects of the urbanisation processes that took place in the past, which even today have their effect on the physical form of towns and cities in Europe. Special attention shall be paid to phenomena, which may influence the coherence of form and the creation of barriers within the urban tissue in a different way. Keywords: Urban form, coherence, urban barrierStreszczenie Miasta w XXI wieku, ze względu na ich wielkość, koncentrację kapitału, nowoczesnych usług i produkcji, są głównymi ośrodkami światowej gospodarki. Nie jest to jednak domena wyłącznie czasów ponowoczesnych. Od wieków miasta pełniły kluczową rolę w rozwoju cywilizacji, a procesy nich zachodzące miały i nadal mają wpływ na funkcjonowanie całych społeczeństw. Forma urbanistyczna, z którą mamy obecnie do czynienia, jest wypadkową wielu determinujących czynników i przemian. W artykule zostaną przedstawione wybrane aspekty zachodzących w przeszłości procesów urbanizacyjnych, które również obecnie oddziałują na fizyczną postać ośrodków miejskich Europy. Szczególna uwaga zostanie poświęcona zjawiskom w różny sposób mogącym wpływać na spójność formy i tworzenie barier w obrębie tkanki miasta.Słowa kluczowe: Forma urbanistyczna, spójność, bariera urbanistyczna

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Section: Summary -Contemporary Problems Of Urban Planningmentioning

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Subject of urban tissue continuity in different urbanisation periods in Europe. Selected aspects

2017

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“…Spatial, and particularly residential, segregation has been identified as a principal contributory factor to urban poverty (Massey and Fischer 2000). Segregation can deepen over time as new patterns of settlement become superimposed upon pre-existing neighborhood divisions (van Kempen 2007). A large body of research has associated the negative housing experiences of many ethnic minority (including migrant) households with racism and xenophobia.…”

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Housing and Quality of Life for Migrant Communities in Western Europe: A Capabilities Approach

Coates¹,

Anand²,

Norris³

2013

JMHS

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Executive SummaryHousing is an important determinant of quality of life and migrants are more likely to encounter poor quality housing than natives. This paper draws on the capabilities approach to welfare economics to examine how issues of housing and neighborhood conditions influence quality of life and opportunities for migrants in Western Europe. The analysis utilizes data from the second European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) to explore variation in life and housing satisfaction between migrants and nonmigrants (natives) in Western Europe and whether being a migrant and living in an ethnically diverse neighborhood contribute to lower satisfaction. The results show that migrants are more likely to experience lower levels of life and housing satisfaction and that living in a diverse neighborhood is negatively associated with life and housing satisfaction. While diverse, inner-city neighborhoods can increase opportunities for labor market access, social services and integration, the tendency towards clustered settlement by migrants can also compound housing inequality. Conversely, migrant homeowners are on average substantially more satisfied with the quality of public services and of their neighborhood and have lower material deprivation than both migrant and non-migrant renters. The findings draw attention to the need to address housing and neighborhood conditions in order to improve opportunities for integration and well-being. Journal on Migration and Human Security 164

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“…This perspective was used in housing research to explain the segregation and concentration of certain households, with reference to constraints the households faced while choosing their places to live (van Kempen, 2007). Pahl suggested that the key to understand 'constraints' were to be found in the activities, policies and ideologies of the managers ('gatekeepers') of urban systems (Pahl, 1969, in Knox and Pinch, 2010).…”

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Implications for socio-spatial segregation in urban theories

Caner¹,

Bölen²

2013

Planning

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Since the beginning of the twentieth century, our understanding of cities has gone through important changes due to major sociospatial processes. Specifically, over the last few decades processes like globalisation and decolonisation have produced significant consequences in cities and these have attracted the attention of prominent urban scholars. Of these consequences, segregation has become infamous in the discourse of numerous disciplines, including governmental debates and policies. However, sociospatial transformations have been a source of new challenges for urban theory makers throughout history. At a certain point, the physical focus of early urban theories was no longer sufficient to interpret the city, causing a shift towards process-oriented theory-making. The central theme of this paper is to investigate this shift by analysing the evolution of urban theories with regard to their implications for urban social geography. In this context, the analytical focuses of main urban theories are evaluated and their explanatory power for socio-spatial segregation is stressed. Such a developmental perspective enables us to observe urban theories' receptiveness to changing circumstances, as well as their power to guide urban scholars. The evaluation reveals that urban theories capture the spirit of their time (zeitgeist) through their own lenses and explain the social geography of the city either partially or fully with regard to these lenses. In conclusion, it may be said that urban theories which have implications for segregation are not generated universally, but rather in specific frameworks which might or might not be explanatory for other circumstances. All in all, it is believed that this evaluation will provide guidance for future studies that aim to understand and/ or develop the role of urban theories in explaining socio-spatial segregation in the city.Key words: Segregation; socio-spatial segregation; urban social geography; urban theories. ÖZYirminci yüzyıl başlarından beri, kentler hakkındaki anlayışımız, büyük ölçekli sosyo-mekansal süreçler nedeniyle önemli deği-şimler geçirmiştir. Özellikle 1950'lerden bu yana, küreselleşme ve sömürgecilik sonrası süreçler, kentsel araştırmacıların dikkatini çeken olumsuz kentsel sonuçlar doğurmuşlardır. Bu sonuçlar arasında, ayrışmanın kötü bir ün saldığı ve yönetim birimlerinin söylem ve politikalarında yer edindiği görülmektedir. Ancak, bu sosyo-mekansal dönüşümler, kentsel kuramcılar için uzun zamandır yeni mücadele alanları ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Belirli bir noktaya gelindiğinde, önceki kentsel kuramların fiziksel yaklaşım-ları kenti yorumlamak için yetersiz kalmış ve bu da, süreç odaklı kuram geliştirmeye doğru bir kaymanın yaşanmasına neden olmuştur. Bu makalenin ana konusu; bu yaşanan dönüşümü incelemek için, kentsel kuramların evrimini, kentsel sosyal coğrafyaya ilişkin çıkarımları bağlamında analiz etmektir. Bu çerçevede, temel kentsel kuramların analitik odak noktaları değerlendirilerek, sosyo-mekansal ayrışmayı açıklama konusundaki yeterlilikle...

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Divided cities in the 21st century: challenging the importance of globalisation

Cited by 66 publications

References 48 publications

Subject of urban tissue continuity in different urbanisation periods in Europe. Selected aspects

Subject of urban tissue continuity in different urbanisation periods in Europe. Selected aspects

Housing and Quality of Life for Migrant Communities in Western Europe: A Capabilities Approach

Implications for socio-spatial segregation in urban theories

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