The transformation of demographic structures and the geography of Europeans in Brussels between 2000 and 2018

Casier, Charlotte

doi:10.4000/brussels.2932

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“…Unsurprisingly the Brussels coliving sector accommodates a majority of young European migrants in its establishments, for whom this flexible, all-in and sociable offer is designed. According to the companies interviewed, 70% of their tenants are migrants, with a large majority of them European citizens, while European nationals (excluding Belgians) accounted for only 27% of the Brussels population aged 20-29 in 2017 (Casier, 2019). The company 3 data (Table 2) shows that almost half of these migrants are French, whereas French citizens represent 9% of the Brussels population aged 20-29 in 2020 (Casier & Decroly, 2022).…”

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“…The geography of coliving houses shows a strong concentration in the south-east of Brussels' first urban ring (Figure 3). These establishments are mainly located in the municipalities of Ixelles, Brussels-City, Saint-Gilles, Etterbeek and Schaerbeek, near the European district and Louise Avenue, two areas that attract expatriates in Brussels (Casier, 2019). It confirms the targeting of young international workers by coliving companies, which claim to be responding to their demand: these are the neighbourhoods closest to the city center, where there are [real estate] opportunities, where there is the most dynamism, which are the most living, where there are cafés, restaurants, bars, shops.…”

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The coliving market as an emergent financialized niche real estate sector: a view from Brussels

Casier

2023

Housing Studies

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This paper addresses coliving as a product shaped to attract both young professionals in a student-style accommodation and investors of various scales, while integrating new geographies and housing types into capital accumulation. Taking Brussels as case-study, it answers the question 'how are new residential products created by the financialization process affecting the private rental sector?' by combining quantitative and qualitative methods.The paper also provides results on intra-urban geographies of financialized housing. First, coliving is aimed at a particular market segment consisting of young international workers attracted by the international functions of Brussels. To attract this clientele to a student-style accommodation, operators must promote a unique experience. Second, the Brussels coliving market illustrates that the financialization of the private rental sector relies notably on the creation of new products shaped so that investors of various scales can easily inject their capital. Third, most Brussels coliving establishments remain small-scale projects located in renovated old single-family houses.

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The coliving market as an emergent financialized niche real estate sector: a view from Brussels

Casier

2023

Housing Studies

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“…New urban operations are expected to take into account housing requirements in light of recent changes in demographic structures [45], such as reduced family size, the population becoming both younger and older, and the diversity of households [44]. Brussels housing is expected to produce a heterogeneous built environment, which would be able to equally accommodate its diverse population.…”

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Crisis and Transition: Forms of Collective Housing in Brussels

Porotto

Ledent

2021

Buildings

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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.

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Language and inclusion in a multilingual environment

Janssens¹

2022

Studies in World Language Problems

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Since the turn of the century, two important social developments have had a considerable impact on daily life in most western European cities. The first is increasing mobility in a globalised world that transcends the traditional concept of migration and has even led to a paradigm shift in sociological thinking (‘new’ mobilities paradigm). A second related development is at the technological level, where communication patterns have changed significantly and prompted people to expand their networks beyond the local level. Both evolutions are most prominent in cities in which a growing number of citizens engage in different networks and traditional forms of social solidarity are under pressure. In this context, language plays a key role. In this article, based on the case of Brussels, we investigate the dynamics behind the process of social inclusion in a mobile environment and the role that languages play in this. We set out from the Brussels pacification model and the analysis of the impact of mobility on the local population. Based on the shift in language use and citizens’ attitude towards multilingualism and living in a multicultural environment, we seek a breeding ground for inclusive policies through a bottom-up approach. The conclusions focus on its impact on Brussels and its potential significance for other cities.

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The transformation of demographic structures and the geography of Europeans in Brussels between 2000 and 2018

Cited by 5 publications

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The coliving market as an emergent financialized niche real estate sector: a view from Brussels

The coliving market as an emergent financialized niche real estate sector: a view from Brussels

Crisis and Transition: Forms of Collective Housing in Brussels

Language and inclusion in a multilingual environment

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