Evidencias sobre la segregación vertical en ciudades del sur de Europa... / J.J. NATERA-RIVAS et al. ResumenEn la ciudad de Málaga el crecimiento de la inmigración ha supuesto un aumento de sus contingentes entre 2003 y 2013 de 133 por ciento, lo que ha incrementado el interés por su análisis. Los estudios realizados apuntan a que el grado de segregación social de los inmigrantes en los países del sur europeo no supera el de otras regiones, pero si indican la existencia de una fuerte precariedad habitacional. Bajo esta premisa nos planteamos si aunque no sea extrema la segregación residencial, la misma ha venido acompañada por un aumento de la segregación vertical. Tras efectuar un análisis sobre el estado de la cuestión, hemos caracterizado a los barrios objeto de estudio, y hemos procedido a la consecución de los datos, cuyo tratamiento nos ha permitido confirmar la constatación de dicha segregación.Palabras clave: Segregación vertical, inmigración laboral, diferenciación residencial. Abstract Vertical segregation in southern european cities. the case of Malaga (Spain)The city of Malaga has experienced a huge increase of foreigners between 2003 and 2013, but their levels of residential segregation are generally low, as occurs in many South European cities. Nonetheless, it is worth to study if this increase of foreigners has been accompanied by a rise of the levels of vertical segregation. Using data from the Padron Municipal de Habitantes, focused on eleven selected neighborhoods, we have been able to demonstrate that, in fact, vertical segregation is present among foreigners.

The presence of foreigners in the province of Málaga is highly noticeable, especially in specific municipalities such as the city of Málaga, coastal areas, or villages in the Axarquia region. But from a geographical point of view, there are comparatively few investigations dedicated to the definition of the space in which foreign immigrants reside. The aim of this research is to provide a description of the habitats where people who were born abroad tend to concentrate in the province of Málaga. The main novelty of the research is the scale of analysis we have used being intramunicipal, based on Nomenclator statistics. This is especially relevant when we are dealing with small municipalities in some of which the proportion of foreigners is quite high, because it is the only one that allows us to characterise the habitat of the foreigners.