Social mix in public urban action in Brussels: project or political language?

Lenel, Emmanuelle

doi:10.4000/brussels.1134

Cited by 5 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 8 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The production volume is high overall in the central neighbourhoods and in the inner ring (apart from the office areas in the east of the pentagon) and in a series of more out-of-the-way areas located on either side of the old chaussees. These steady property dynamics in the central neighbourhoods bear witness to a residential (re) appropriation which is the fruit of the appeal of central neighbourhoods among many small households on the rental market [Van Criekingen, 2013], a centring of public action on these neighbourhoods by means of a 'revitalisation' policy [Noël, 2009;Lenel, 2013], as well as mechanisms to enhance property and real estate value gains by investors in these neighbourhoods which lost their value long ago.…”

Section: A Portrait Of the Recent Residential Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Housing in Brussels: diagnosis and challenges

Dessouroux¹,

Bensliman²,

Bernard³

et al. 2016

brussels

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

La revue scientifique électronique pour les recherches sur Bruxelles / Het elektronisch wetenschappelijk tijdschrift voor onderzoek over Brussel / The e-journal for academic research on Brussels Notes de synthèse | 2016 Housing in Brussels: diagnosis and challenges BSI synopsis Le logement à Bruxelles : diagnostic et enjeux. Note de synthèse BSI Huisvesting in Brussel: diagnose en uitdagingen. BSI synthesenota

show abstract

Section: A Portrait Of the Recent Residential Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Housing in Brussels: diagnosis and challenges

Dessouroux¹,

Bensliman²,

Bernard³

et al. 2016

brussels

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…This leads to the exit of upwardly mobile households and disadvantaged households, which may be pushed away by gentrification processes at a local scale or simply choose to live in housing of a mediocre quality in other parts of the city with a higher status. Conversely, young socially privileged households or young people in a temporary situation of insecurity may live in these poor neighbourhoods -often for a limited period of time -benefiting from lower housing costs and easy access to urban amenities [Lenel, 2013]. 21.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Migratory movements and dynamics of neighbourhoods in Brussels

Hamme¹,

Grippa²,

Criekingen³

2016

brussels

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article is aimed at defining the role of migratory movements in the dynamics of the sociodemographic transformation of neighbourhoods in the Brussels-Capital Region, and at making some observations in terms of political implications. There are several significant summarising elements which may be drawn from this analysis of complex migratory movements in the Region. The poorest territories in the city -the 'poor area' -are at the crossroads of diverging migratory movements, marked in particular by the arrival of new immigrants from poor or intermediate countries and the departure of resident populations. Nevertheless, the analysis also shows that these neighbourhoods may not be reduced to having a transit function, given that a significant proportion of their population remains there. In contrast, the richest parts of the city, located in the southeast quadrant of the Region, have experienced much less massive migratory movements. They are not home to newcomers or to households leaving the disadvantaged areas of the city. They thus appear to be closed for the most part to population movements. Van Hamme G., Vinciguerra S., David Q. (2015), Global networks, cities and economic performance: Observations from an analysis of cities in Europe and the USA, Urban Studies. Gilles Van Hamme is an assistant professor of geography at Taïs Grippa has a master's degree in geography from

show abstract

“…Since the beginning of the 1990s, the authorities of the Brussels-Capital Region have favored initiatives in the underprivileged territories of the city, in particular through the socalled "Neighborhood Contract" programs. These policies are based on the idea that spatial segregation reinforces social inequalities [37] and on the notion of proximity to reinforce the attractiveness of the living environment through a polycentric development [50].…”

Section: Revitalizing the Urban Blockmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Brussels contemporary housing, neighborhood contracts define the framework for the design of one-off projects to revitalize the residential function and public space within the traditional urban fabric [51,52]. Their objective is to improve the living conditions of resident households and favor the social mix, which was identified as being a source of social problems in the neighborhoods concerned [50]. Hence, such housing projects are characterized by their small scale and direct confrontation with the built environment of the urban fabric maison bruxelloise.…”

Section: Revitalizing the Urban Blockmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Crisis and Transition: Forms of Collective Housing in Brussels

Porotto

Ledent

2021

Buildings

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Focusing on the Brussels urban environment, this paper investigates spatial mutations produced by key critical transitions to accommodate new social and living conditions for collective purposes. Using CAD re-drawings, a systematic comparison of residential schemes identifies the evolutionary mechanism that connects manifold changes in the city and domestic spaces. This analysis defines a genealogical framework to observe how specific residential archetypes have shaped Brussels’ sociocultural identity and distinguishes contemporary housing initiatives dealing with current and future challenges. While during the 19th century, interwar, and postwar periods, spatial features evolved from individual, single-family houses to residential schemes bearing collective, egalitarian dwellings, contemporary initiatives are relevant for their experimental solutions, translating into housing design new collective ways of living. This trajectory demonstrates that collective housing provides new insights for designing future types of urban housing. Brussels contemporary housing can shed light on the fact that current crises generated by urban issues, such as demographic growth, migratory and gentrification dynamics, affordability and the COVID-19 pandemic, are accelerating the transition towards the 21st-century city. Eventually, the Belgian capital now has the opportunity to combine two crucial questions, such as typological innovation and sustainability, to successfully approach the coming transition period from social and environmental perspectives.

show abstract

Social mix in public urban action in Brussels: project or political language?

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Housing in Brussels: diagnosis and challenges

Housing in Brussels: diagnosis and challenges

Migratory movements and dynamics of neighbourhoods in Brussels

Crisis and Transition: Forms of Collective Housing in Brussels

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About