Gentrification, residential ethnicization and the social production of fragmented space in two multi-ethnic neighbourhoods of Lisbon and Bilbao

Abstract

-simultaneous trends for ethnicization and gentrification are contributing to the fragmentation of contemporary urban spaces. this is characterised by the emergence of new social and urban units that break the homogeneity of the modern city and lead to the development of new networks, territorially discontinuous, less neighbourhood centred and with a limited intersection. With Mouraria (Lisbon, Portugal) and san francisco (Bilbao, spain), two traditional and multiethnic neighbourhoods, as case-studies this paper aims to critically discuss the nature of gentrification, its coexistence with ethnicization and its contribution for socio-urban fragmentation. the empirical analysis of the residents' social networks will be used to test levels and types of interaction and the spatial formats they assume.Keywords: Gentrification, ethnicization, sociospatial fragmentation, social networks.Resumo -nobiLitação urbana, etnicização e FraGMentação sócio-espaciaL eM dois bairros MuLti-étnicos: Lisboa e biLbau. tendências simultâneas para a etnicização residencial e a nobilitação têm contribuído para a fragmentação do espaço urbano contemporâneo. esta caracteriza-se pelo surgimento de novas unidades sociais e urbanas que quebram a homogeneidade da cidade moderna e conduzem ao desenvolvimento de novas redes relacionais, descontínuas, menos centradas no bairro e com um nível limitado de intersecção. Com a Mouraria (Lisboa, Portugal) e san francisco (Bilbau, espanha), dois bairros tradicionais e multiétnicos, como estudos de caso, discutir-se--á criticamente a natureza da nobilitação, a sua relação com a etnicização e a sua contribuição para a fragmentação sócio-espacial. a análise das redes sociais dos residentes será utilizada para testar níveis e tipos de interacção, bem como os formatos espaciais que estes assumem.Palavras-chave: nobilitação urbana, etnicização, fragmentação sócio-espacial, redes sociais.Résumé -GentriFication, ethnicization et La production sociaLe de L'espace FraGMenté dans deux quartiers MuLti-ethniques de Lisbonne et biLbao. Des tendances simultanées d'éthnicization et de gentrification ont contribué à la fragmentation de l'espace urbain contemporain. Celle-ci est caractérisée par de nouvelles unités sociales et urbaines, qui détruisent l'homogénéité de la ville moderne et conduisent au développe-ment de nouveaux réseaux, spatialement discontinus, moins centrés sur les quartiers et avec une intersection limitée. a partir de deux études de cas de quartiers traditionnels et multiethniques (Mouraria, Lisbonne et Bilbao, espagne), la nature de la gentrification sera discutée, ainsi que sa relation avec l'éthnicization et sa contribution pour la fragmentation socio-spatiale. L'analyse empirique des réseaux sociaux des résidents servira pour tester les niveaux et les types d'intégration, ainsi que leurs formats spatiaux.

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