Urban governance and economic development in the diverse city

Syrett, Stephen; Sepúlveda, Leandro

doi:10.1177/0969776411430287

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“…Urban space is considered a meeting place of interconnected diversified trajectories, whose resultant force forms the final spatial outcomes (Massey, ). Syrett and Sepulveda () highlight the importance of superdiversity, pointing out that modern western cities do not comprise solely multiple ethnic fragmentations, but instead, they are also characterised by multi‐ethnic localities. In this context, it can be argued that the existence of diversified local trajectories requires a continuous adjustment of local policies.…”

Section: Migrant Segregation In the Urban Contextmentioning

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Spatial segregation and migration in the city of Athens: Investigating the evolution of urban socio‐spatial immigrant structures

Panori

Psycharis

Ballas

2018

Population Space and Place

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Migration has long had an impact on spatial segregation within the metropolitan area of Athens. This process has also been affected by local economic restructuring mechanisms, which, in recent years, have evolved within the context of the 2008 economic crisis. This study attempts to shed light on the evolution of the spatial segregation of immigrants within the metropolitan area of Athens, during a period of a rapid urban transformation, using data from the last two census waves (2001 and 2011). Given that previous evidence indicates both vertical segregation in the immigrant labour market structure and diffused immigrant settlements, the work presented here investigates the ways in which urban migrant structures have evolved through local economic restructuring processes, as well as throughout space. The study presents a set of quantitative urban segregation indicators, covering the aspects of evenness, exposure, concentration, and centralisation. It also captures the most significant occupational changes between different migrant‐status groups (non‐EU and EU immigrants), during a crucial period for Athens. Evidence indicates that there has been an overall raise in immigrant settlement segregation, accompanied by an increased centralisation trend. Moreover, the urban transformation through economic restructuring that took place in Athens, following the general EU trend towards a knowledge‐based economic model, has altered the immigrant labour market structure, leading to vertical segregation patterns, driven by professionalisation.

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Section: Migrant Segregation In the Urban Contextmentioning

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Spatial segregation and migration in the city of Athens: Investigating the evolution of urban socio‐spatial immigrant structures

Panori

Psycharis

Ballas

2018

Population Space and Place

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“…Within even relatively prosperous cities, concentrations of poverty, and social inequality are persistent (Broadway and Snyder 1989;Syrett and Sepulveda 2012). In addition, DUNs are often characterised by low levels of entrepreneurship.…”

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Social Capital and Entrepreneurship: Does the Relationship Hold in Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods?

Williams¹,

Huggins²,

Thompson³

2017

Growth and Change

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The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between social capital and entrepreneurship in deprived urban neighbourhoods (DUNs). While there is a great deal of research on social capital, its usage and value in deprived areas is an under‐researched topic. Drawing on survey data, it is found that social capital in the form of network ties within a DUN is linked to how entrepreneurship develops in these places. The breadth and variety of network ties that individuals are able to identify as sources of advice is related to the probability of considering an entrepreneurial career, and is even more strongly related to the conversion of entrepreneurial intentions into full engagement. If entrepreneurship is to be harnessed in DUNs a starting point is the enhancement of initiatives for developing social capital incorporating local businesses, residents, and local government agencies.

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“…Finally, and perhaps most critically, whilst the economic benefits of high skilled workers are experienced by the city as a whole, the economic disbenefits of diversity (e.g. in terms of polarisation, loss of trust and cohesion, labour market displacement) are experienced primarily within lower income neighbourhoods and communities (Keith, 2005;Syrett and Sepulveda, 2010).…”

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Realising the Diversity Dividend: Population Diversity and Urban Economic Development

Syrett

Sepúlveda

2011

Environ Plan A

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This paper critically examines the increasing use of population diversity as a source of competitive advantage and distinctiveness within policies promoting urban economic development. Rising levels of population diversity are a characteristic feature of many urban areas and this has led to increased policy attempts to realise a so-called "diversity dividend". Yet much of this policy thinking demonstrates a restricted understanding of the nature of the relationships between diverse populations and urban economic change. Through a comprehensive review of existing theoretical and policy practice in relation to population diversity, this paper identifies an often narrow focus upon higher skilled and income populations and their needs within much urban economic policy thinking. It is argued that a more critical and wide-ranging approach to the complex relationship between population diversity and city development is required if a more just form of urban economic development is to be achieved.

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Urban governance and economic development in the diverse city

Cited by 63 publications

References 45 publications

Spatial segregation and migration in the city of Athens: Investigating the evolution of urban socio‐spatial immigrant structures

Spatial segregation and migration in the city of Athens: Investigating the evolution of urban socio‐spatial immigrant structures

Social Capital and Entrepreneurship: Does the Relationship Hold in Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods?

Realising the Diversity Dividend: Population Diversity and Urban Economic Development

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