Residential segregation of metropolitan areas of Warsaw, Berlin and Paris

Abstract

The aim of the work detailed in this article has been to indicate demographic and social categories to the greatest extent segregated in the three selected metropolitan areas of Warsaw, Berlin and Paris, by applying multidimensional analysis; as well as to answer a question as to whether these categories are similar or different, given the different circumstances underpinning the development of the areas under study. The metropolitan areas were selected from Central Europe (Warsaw), Western Europe (Paris), and from the area located in the borderland between these regions (Berlin). In the case of each area, typical categories were selected for analysis, and developed on the basis of accepted segregation indices (the dissimilarity index D, isolation index x P x , delta index DEL, absolute centralisation index ACE, spatial proximity index SP and modified location quotient LQ p ). The multidimensional and multifaceted analysis allowed the most segregated groups at municipality and district levels to be distinguished, and presented in the context of previous research.

Residential Segregation at the Local Level in Poland. Case Studies for Praga Północ, Włochy and Ursynów

“…First, based on census data from 2002, the hierarchical character of the population categories, which were affected mostly by segregation within census tracts, was similar to the outcome of an analysis carried out for the city Figure 6. Socio-spatial processes in Włochy, 2016 and the Warsaw Metropolitan Area (Jaczewska & Grzegorczyk 2016). The analysis of a district revealed a microscale segregation that was not being seen in the traditional analysis at the city level.…”

“…Based on previous statistical analyses (Jaczewska & Grzegorczyk 2016) we selected three districts for which the social characteristics were the best (Ursynów), the worst (Praga Północ) and average (Włochy). 1 Further 1 Social characteristics were measured using data on professional categories and education.…”

Residential Segregation in Warsaw and its Metropolitan Area in the Context of Changing Housing Policy

“…(2011) stated we can find a considerable amount of academic papers referring to changes in social segregation processes, but there are fewer studies focusing on the pattern. Multidimensional analyses of segregation are applied even less often (Jaczewska and Grzegorczyk, 2016). The shortage of such studies applies also to Warsaw and its metropolitan area.…”

“…In 2002 the problem of segregation in the Warsaw Metropolitan Area concerned above all people with vocational or unfinished primary school education, and to a lesser extent the biggest households as well as people with higher education. In Warsaw the clear concentration of elderly inhabitants and people with higher education is visible (Jaczewska and Grzegorczyk, 2016).…”

Does gentrification of the Praga Północ district in Warsaw really exist?

“…The Praga Północ district of Warsaw is commonly regarded as an example of an area subjected to gentrification (Górczyńska, 2017;Jaczewska, Grzegorczyk, 2016;Ludzi irytuje…, 2017). Undoubtedly, from the most neglected district of Warsaw it is transforming into a place with atmosphere, full of cafes, clubs, galleries.…”