Immigration and Socio-spatial Segregation in Dublin, 1996-2006

Abstract

Previous research on the impact of immigration on urban socio-spatial inequalities has focused on cities with long immigration histories where successive waves of new arrivals impacted on segregation patterns established by preceding waves, usually in a context where immigrants in each wave were poor and had low education. This paper focuses on Dublin as an example of a city where immigration is new and recent, is dominated by the well educated and occurs against a backdrop of a mono-ethnic existing population. In that context, it examines the impact of immigrant settlement patterns on socio-spatial inequalities in the city in the years 1996—2006, a period of economic boom. It finds that, while immigrants in Dublin were segregated to a certain degree, with a slight tendency to cluster in disadvantaged areas, clustering provided a small element of social lift to disadvantaged areas and generally contributed to a significant reduction in socio-spatial inequalities that occurred in the city in the period.

Well-being, Cultural Capital and Social Inclusion: Immigrants in the Republic of Ireland

“…The 2006 Irish census (following a period of rapid large-scale immigration) found that 55.6% of non-Irish citizens living in Dublin had third-level qualifications compared with 50.6% of native Dubliners. It identified education and human capital differentials between immigrants and Irish born in all areas of Dublin; these tend to be greater in the disadvantaged urban areas that are the focus of this article (Fahey and Fanning 2009). …”

Housing and Quality of Life for Migrant Communities in Western Europe: A Capabilities Approach

“…Spatial segregation upon the basis of ethnic or racial difference has been a feature of many Western societies (Fahey and Fanning 2009). Spatial, and particularly residential, segregation has been identified as a principal contributory factor to urban poverty (Massey and Fischer 2000).…”

La distribución espacial de la población inmigrante en dos ciudades medias: Alcalá de Henares y León y su relación con los precios de la vivienda

“…32, núm. 2 275-295 este barrio, se cumplen las conclusiones realizadas en estudios realizados para otras ciudades, como Dublín (Fahey y Fanning, 2010) o el Condado de Santa Clara en California (Cervero y Duncan, 2004), por los cuales la diversidad racial y la segregación socio-espacial de un barrio es un indicador que se correlaciona con los precios más bajos de las viviendas. Le sigue el barrio de San Isidro, con unos 7.000 extranjeros.…”

“…Por tanto, se puede corroborar que los precios de la vivienda han bajado en función del incremento del número de inmigrantes en estos barrios, desde el año 2001. Este hecho se ha constatado para otras ciudades, como Dublín o algunos barrios de California ( (Fahey y Fanning, 2010;Cervero y Duncan, 2004). Esto se debe a la movilidad intraurbana, ya que los antiguos residentes, fruto de la bonanza económica de años atrás, se han ido a áreas residenciales de mejor calidad en las nuevas urbanizaciones de la periferia de la ciudad.…”