Natives’ opinions on ethnic residential segregation and neighbourhood diversity in Helsinki, Oslo and Stockholm

Spatial Assimilation at a Halt? Contextual Mobility across Immigrant Generations in the Norwegian Welfare State

“…Nonetheless, it is also likely that immigrant descendants' continued overrepresentation in immigrant-dense and economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in part also reflects external barriers in the housing market. Previous studies from Norway show that natives living in immigrant-dense areas both report a wish to reduce local immigrant concentration and are prone to move out of such neighborhoods (Andersson, Brattbakk and Vaattovaara 2017;Wessel and Nordvik 2019). Further, research has documented ethnic discrimination in the Norwegian rental housing market (Andersson et al 2012).…”

Just city planning competitions in Helsinki: between the power of image and many images of power

“…Furthermore, advocacy planning (Harwood, 2003) can offer planners a strategy to redistribute public resources in a more equitable setting towards specialinterest groups to overcome the common practice of planning oriented to satisfy the public interest, which is commonly accused of contributing to environmental racism. In the Finnish context, the research on immigrants is concentrated on the specific fields of segregation studies (Andersson, Brattbakk, and Vaattovaara, 2017), housing policy (Dhalmann and Vilkama, 2009), education and geography (Bernelius and Vaattovaara, 2016), religious and theological studies (Pauha and Konttori, 2020;Martikainen, 2013) as well as cultural studies (Saukkonen and Pyykkönen, 2008). Partly due to such focus, Finnish planners lack the understanding of the everyday lives of different groups and their experiences in urban space (Mattila et al, 2021).…”

“…Residential ethnic segregation in Helsinki is specified as a major social challenge (cf. Andersson et al, 2017). Appropriately, the social-mixing housing policies in Helsinki are of a preventive nature (cf.…”

Comparing Patterns of Segregation in North-Western Europe: A Multiscalar Approach

“…Across Europe, policymakers worry that segregation will exacerbate local inequalities and ultimately have a negative effect on social cohesion. In the extreme case of very high segregation leading to low social cohesion, the majority population fear urban riots (Andersson et al 2017) and the emergence of radical ideas opposed to the societal order.…”

“…Rapid increases in immigrant populations, however small they initially are, may lead to anticosmopolitan backlashes (cf. Andersson et al 2017;Vertovec 2017). …”