“…Social mixing is expected to lead to a range of positive outcomes, like social cohesion, social mobility opportunities, more social capital, better services, less crime, an improved neighbourhood reputation, and more residential stability (see e.g., Arthurson 2002;Kleinhans 2004;Tunstall 2003). Many of the associations between these outcomes and mixing policy lack a convincing empirical underpinning (Joseph et al 2007), but for the purpose of this paper, we will only focus on the link between social mix and social cohesion. Before we do that, it should be mentioned that social mix is, like social cohesion, a somewhat problematic concept Goodchild and Cole 2001).…”