Unstable Immigrant Concentrations in Amsterdam: Spatial Segregation and Integration of Newcomers
| Autor: | Rinus Deurloo, Sako Musterd |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Faculteit der Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Spatial segregation
Sociology and Political Science Inequality media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Ethnic group Context (language use) Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Field (geography) Urban Studies Western europe Development economics Demographic economics Sociology Immigrant population media_common |
| Zdroj: | Housing Studies, 17(3), 487-503. Routledge |
| ISSN: | 0267-3037 |
| Popis: | Watching the profound changes in the last decades in virtually any big city in Western Europe in the field of migration, minority and ethnicity, many national and urban governments in Europe fear for large spatial concentrations of immigrants who originate from non-industrialised countries. The basic assumption behind that attitude seems to be that large concentrations of (ethnic) immigrants would prevent their full integration and thus participation in society. Such a risk of insufficient integration would particularly be great when the immigrant population occupies the lower positions of the socio-economic ladder. However, two things should be investigated with care. First, what are the actual explanations for the social and spatial divisions that are encountered in cities? What does that imply for the (spatial) inequality in Dutch cities? Second, what can be said about the effects of recent changes that can be observed with respect to the explanatory dimensions in the Dutch context? How do these compar... |
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