- Tytuł:
- Urban shrinkage and socio-economic segregation in medium-sized cities: The case of Schwerin (Germany)
- Autorzy:
- Huntington, David
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2043636.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2021-12-30
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
- Tematy:
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urban shrinkage
socio-economic segregation
medium-sized cities
post-socialist cities
socio-spatial inequality - Opis:
- Although past studies have found that processes of urban shrinkage may act as a catalyst for socio-economic segregation, these relationships remain underexplored outside the context of large cities and capitals. Moreover, cities at lower-tiers of the urban hierarchy in post-socialist Europe have been doubly excluded from the critical discourse on the socio-spatial effects of shrinkage. Hence, this article examines how shrinkage affects socio-economic segregation in the medium-sized post-socialist city of Schwerin, employing segregation indices to assess levels of spatial unevenness and location quotients to map intra-urban patterns of vulnerable population groups over time. Results indicate processes of shrinkage may exacerbate socio-economic segregation in medium-sized cities and that the spatial heterogeneity of shrinkage intersects with uneven distributions of affluence and poverty. However, suggesting that legacies of state socialism shape contemporary socio-spatial change, segregation in Schwerin is strongly conditioned by its socialist-era housing estates, which are generally characterised by the highest rates of population decline, vacancy, and vulnerable groups.
- Źródło:
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Quaestiones Geographicae; 2021, 40, 4; 29-46
0137-477X
2081-6383 - Pojawia się w:
- Quaestiones Geographicae
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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