Urban Decline and the New Social and Ethnic Divisions in the Core Cities of the Italian Industrial Triangle

Abstract

This paper examines the new social division of the city cores in the metropolitan areas of Milan, Turin and Genoa. The changing structure and location of social and ethnic groups are analysed using census data from 1981 and 1991. Special emphasis is given to the relationships between de-urbanisation and social polarisation; and between urban economic restructuring and new forms of distribution or social groups. Contrary to theories of population de-urbanisation which suggest an associated decrease in social polarisation, the analysis presented in this paper demonstrates increasing levels of social division of space.

Social and Ethnic Segregation in Europe: Levels, Causes, and Effects

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Belgrade Slums – Life or Survival on the Margins of Serbian Society?

“…They are the 'invisible part of the city', often spatially excluded from official maps and documents and usually physically hidden from the eyes of tourists and foreign visitors behind the colourful facades of the local authorities. Much research since the mid-1990s has been focused on socio-ethnic processes of ethnic and residential segregation when the capitals of SEE countries register as destinations of migrants (Anthias and Lazaridis 2000, Arbaci 2007, Leal 2004, Malheiros 2002, Malheiros and Vala 2004, Maloutas 2004, Petsimeris 1998. According to the field results, 95% of slums in Belgrade were built by unplanned construction, and only about 5% around the planned core.…”

Black–White and Hispanic–White Segregation in U.S. Counties

“…There has been much research on segregation in larger metropolitan areas of Canada (e.g., Bauder and Sharpe 2002;Walks and Bourne 2006) and Europe, where levels of segregation have often been compared to those in the United States (e.g., Petsimeris 1998;van Kempen andÖzüekren 1998;Musterd 2005). Studies in European countries have pointed out country differences in ethnic composition and other characteristics of immigrants, government-supported housing and other institutions, availability of public transportation, and ideologies with respect to immigrant assimilation.…”