Patterns of Socioeconomic Segregation in the Capital Cities of Fast-Track Reforming Postsocialist Countries

Marcińczak, Szymon; Tammaru, Tiit; Novák, Jakub; Gentile, Michael; Kovács, Zoltán; Temelová, Jana; Valatka, Vytautas; Kährik, Anneli; Szabó, Balázs

doi:10.1080/00045608.2014.968977

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“…Our findings support comparative research on segregation in post-socialist and Western countries (Marcińczak et al 2015, Musterd et al 2017, although residential segregation in Warsaw started to resemble the pattern of Western capitals, it still gained low levels in heterogenity neighbourhoods. Nevertheless, these low levels may be associated with delayed segregation and its dormant potential, as the deep liberalisation transformation in the housing system and the welfare regime has brought an increase in income disparities, but with spatial diversity less visible in the statistical analyses.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…Ursynów Północny's planners from the 1970s attempted to form resident-friendly elements, such as creating small clusters of buildings surrounding inner yards, and diversified heights and (Figure 4a). 4 In the 1990s many of the buildings and surrounding areas were modernised, which supports research indicating that the socialist era high-rise housing estates have not become slums as they are still inhabited by mixed populations (Marcińczak et al 2015, Gorczyca 2016, Szafrańska 2013. At present, the estates in the north of Ursynów boast a good internal (inside the estates as such, and between them) and external (with other districts of Warsaw) spatial integration.…”

Section: Socio-spatial Processes Accompanying Residential Segregationsupporting

confidence: 51%

“…In the literature the 'U' shaped segregation profile is also underlined, which our study confirms, however, we reveal the contemporarily greater importance of the segregation of the poorest cohorts . In our study we focused on the liberalisation of the housing system as a factor that influenced the increase in residential segregation, however, this liberalisation should be seen in the wider perspective of the accompanying increase in social inequality, growing global connectedness, changing economic structures, and the transformations of welfare regimes in Poland as well as other Eastern European countries (Marcińczak et al 2015).…”

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Residential Segregation at the Local Level in Poland. Case Studies for Praga Północ, Włochy and Ursynów

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2017

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The aim of this article is to answer two questions concerning the scale and the pattern of residential segregation in Warsaw at the local level and the character of contemporary processes accompanying and modifying this phenomenon. While examining residential segregation we have applied a multidimensional approach to underline the complex nature of this phenomenon. We have focused on data concerning different demographic and socio-economic categories. Furthermore we indicate and describe three socio-spatial, contemporary processes that have accompanied an increase in social inequalities in Warsaw (the creation of enclaves of poverty and wealth and the process of gentrification). The research reveals increasing social inequalities at the local level that began in the socialist era and have strengthened during the transformation period, as well as the stability of the socio-spatial pattern in selected districts that influence their local specifics.

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Residential Segregation at the Local Level in Poland. Case Studies for Praga Północ, Włochy and Ursynów

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“…in Vilnius or Tallinn, cf. Marcińczak et al 2014b), or by simply freezing the patterns inherited from the past (static status quo). Luhansk, and perhaps most other regional capitals in the post-Soviet realm (cf.…”

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The Post-Soviet Urban Poor and Where They Live: Khrushchev-Era Blocks, “Bad” Areas, and the Vertical Dimension in Luhansk, Ukraine

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2015

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Using a combination of descriptive and multivariate regression methods applied on a sample survey (n=4000) conducted in Luhansk (Ukraine) during Fall 2013, this paper investigates demographic, socio-economic, housing-specific and geographical factors that predict urban poverty in countries undergoing economic, political and institutional transition from state socialism to the market with a specific focus on Ukraine. By doing so, it contributes to the literature on poverty under and after transition, which has a strong position within economics, and to the literature on the spatial expressions of poverty after state socialism, which is particularly prominent within geography. Inspired by Amartya Sen's notion that poverty contains an irreducible absolute core, as well as a relative component, this paper makes use of a poverty index based on multiple thresholds that reflect the respondents' capabilities to meet different needs. A fascinating result of this exercise is that poverty under transition is not only predicted by such classical factors as sex, personal and parental education, and socio-occupational status, but also by housing-specific details such as location in vertical space and by classical geographical factors such as relative horizontal location and neighborhood prestige. Accordingly, this paper responds to recent calls for increased sensitivity towards the third dimension of space in contemporary urbanism, while at the same time making a substantial contribution to our hitherto incomplete knowledge of the patterns and sources of urban poverty and inequality in postsocialist transition.

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“…The apartments in housing estates gradually have lost their prestige and older inner-city districts have become attractive gentrified places . Although the panel-housing areas have maintained a certain mixed socio-economic status (Kährik and Tammaru, 2010;Temelová et al, 2011;Marcińczak et al, 2015), gradual sorting of high social status people from the socialist modernist housing and into suburbs or gentrifying districts is an ongoing reality. The former inner-city districts have transformed into diverse social environments, where both former residents (often less affluent, older, and with industrial worker background) live alongside newcomers (young households, students or specific lifestyle groups who value culturally attractive historical neighbourhoods near the amenities of the city centre).…”

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The Views of Neighbourhood Associations on Collaborative Urban Governance in Tallinn, Estonia

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Leetmaa

2016

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Throughout the 21st century a clear shift from hierarchical government towards network-like governance is evident in Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union. A door has been opened for citizens to assert their social and political citizenship and for the public sector to systematically search for novel ways to improve and expand representative practices. Estonia may be considered a post-socialist 'market-experiment', as almost no urban land belongs to the public sector. Thus, all decisions related to urban spatial changes are strongly influenced by private interests. The situation of ad-hoc planning, which intensified during the real-estate boom of the mid-2000s, evoked the mushrooming of civil activism, mostly in the form of neighbourhood associations. Current research investigates the roles and efficiency of neighbourhood associations in the collaborative urban governance of Tallinn. The study shows that neighbourhood associations help to reinforce people's social and political citizenship; however, there are still insufficiencies regarding their ability to represent different interests in Tallinn and in their own neighbourhood. We also discovered that Tallinn, as a post-socialist city, is currently in an experimental phase of learning how to efficiently gain from collaborative networks in the urban governance processes.

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Patterns of Socioeconomic Segregation in the Capital Cities of Fast-Track Reforming Postsocialist Countries

Cited by 101 publications

References 90 publications

Residential Segregation at the Local Level in Poland. Case Studies for Praga Północ, Włochy and Ursynów

Residential Segregation at the Local Level in Poland. Case Studies for Praga Północ, Włochy and Ursynów

The Post-Soviet Urban Poor and Where They Live: Khrushchev-Era Blocks, “Bad” Areas, and the Vertical Dimension in Luhansk, Ukraine

The Views of Neighbourhood Associations on Collaborative Urban Governance in Tallinn, Estonia

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