Urban densification and exclusionary pressure: emerging patterns of gentrification in Oslo

Cavicchia, Rebecca

doi:10.1080/02723638.2022.2100174

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“…• destroy the self-help social networks supporting the survival of marginalized groups; moving the households belonging to these networks in distant places removes their spatial proximity necessary for their operation, • focus on the assumed -and not the real-effects of the inflow of middle-class groups in poor areas, which do not necessarily improve the life conditions and chances of former poor residents (often the process of this inflow leads to gentrification, promoting their displacement or their alienation from a place becoming less affordable and accessible [53,54]).…”

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Exploring Spatial Proximity and Social Exclusion through Two Case Studies of Roma Settlements in Greece

Maloutas,

Frangopoulos,

Makridou

et al. 2024

Land

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Roma groups in Greece are a long-standing socially deprived population that faces extreme social exclusion and segregation. Their marginalization includes limited access to education, employment, and housing. This paper explores their spatial position and social exclusion, comparing the social profile and life conditions in two case studies of Roma settlements with those of the municipal and regional units to which they belong. Methodologically, we analyze quantitative data from the 2011 Population Census to measure life conditions at three levels (settlement, municipal unit, regional unit), and we also use qualitative data from interviews with representatives of local agencies and residents of the two settlements to document our hypotheses on the causal relations between the spatial position and the social exclusion of Roma groups. The comparison shows that the two Roma settlements are clearly different from their entourage, assembling the lowest positions in the labor market, the weakest performances in education, the largest households, and the worst housing conditions. This case of extreme social exclusion in ghettoized spatial proximity raises the question about the significance of micro-segregation and the way it works in different contexts, as well as the need for further research for a more comprehensive understanding of the relation between social inequality and spatial distance.

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Exploring Spatial Proximity and Social Exclusion through Two Case Studies of Roma Settlements in Greece

Maloutas,

Frangopoulos,

Makridou

et al. 2024

Land

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“…Policies to bridge inequalities by increasing social mix were functioning much more effectively in the era of strong welfare states when combined policies addressing social and spatial inequalities were deployed, compared to the more recent era of neoliberal policies where policies to increase social mix were rather isolated and eventually became part of gentrification processes 80 . Along the same line, recent agendas to densify cities, founded mainly on environmental concerns, may not lead to socially sustainable outcomes, even when they are developed within contexts where awareness about the danger of gentrification is increased 81,82 . The de-segregation of working-class neighborhoods by the market-oriented redevelopment of social-housing estates is a recurrent policy to increase social mix.…”

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The role of vertical segregation in urban social processes

Maloutas

2024

Nat Cities

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“…Furthermore, densification stimulates other desirable direct and indirect socio-economic effects, such as the creation of affordable housing (Phillips 2020;Wicki & Kaufmann 2022). However, densification has not been free from criticism in urban planning discourse (Hautamäki 2019;Cavicchia 2021Cavicchia , 2022Jansson & Schneider 2023). As part of the critical discourse of densification with an urban sustainability aim, this thesis critically examines a densification project in Bellevuegården, a stigmatised neighbourhood in Malmö, Sweden, in order to study the implementation process in depth, but even more importantly, to understand the perspectives of urban residents and their experiences of such a densification project in their neighbourhood.…”

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Urban densification considering sense of place and environmental justice – or not

Shahrad

2024

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae

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Rapid urbanisation is a major transformative driving force of continuous and contested changes in socio-spatial urban structure. Such changes can lead to sociospatial injustice especially when they involve marginalised populations. Managing rapid urbanisation thus requires goal-oriented inclusive urban planning and policies to secure sustainable development. The theory of environmental justice, as distributive justice, recognition justice, and procedural justice, has been developed in urban planning literature. The experience of justice – or the lack thereof – also affects sense of place, which in relation to urban change includes how people experience, relate to and create meaning in urban spaces. This thesis aims to deepen the understanding of the interplay between sense of place and issues of environmental justice in relation to urban densification in Swedish stigmatised neighbourhoods. The thesis is based on a case study with multiple sampling techniques: document analysis, visual discourse analysis, photo elicitation, and interviews with residents, planners and stakeholders. The first paper focuses on the role of media in creating discourses concerning e.g. safety and security and how these discourses impact the creation of socio-spatial injustice. The second paper concentrates on the impact of an urban densification project to shed light on issues of environmental justice and public participation. In the third paper, the concept of sense of densification is introduced, and it examines how densification projects affect residents’ lives, both in outcomes and as processes. The thesis concludes that the combined knowledge about sense of place and environmental justice research from an urban planning standpoint can provide a greater understanding of how to motivate residents to act collectively to improve their community and participate in local planning processes. This is important for planners and stakeholders, in order to strengthen a sustainable planning and design process by understanding and honouring the value of local meanings of places.

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Urban densification and exclusionary pressure: emerging patterns of gentrification in Oslo

Cited by 14 publications

References 43 publications

Exploring Spatial Proximity and Social Exclusion through Two Case Studies of Roma Settlements in Greece

Exploring Spatial Proximity and Social Exclusion through Two Case Studies of Roma Settlements in Greece

The role of vertical segregation in urban social processes

Urban densification considering sense of place and environmental justice – or not

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