Socioeconomic inequality is on the rise in major European cities, as are concerns over it, since it seen a threat to social cohesion and stability. Surprisingly, relatively little known about spatial dimensions of rising socioeconomic inequality. This paper builds study segregation 12 cities: Amsterdam, Athens, Budapest, London, Madrid, Oslo, Prague, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vienna, Vilnius. Data used derive from national censuses registers for 2001 2011. The main conclusion that has...

AbstractSocioeconomic disparities have been rising on both sides of the Atlantic for last forty years. This study illuminates relationship among economic inequality, other contextual and institutional factors, socioeconomic intraurban segregation in Eastern Europe. We draw our empirical evidence from capital cities so-called fast-track reforming postsocialist countries: Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic. The analysis consists two stages. First, we use traditional indexes to...

The state of the art in research on residential segregation and concentration Central Eastern Europe (CEE) largely focuses process description (e.g., multitude works gentrification suburbanization). Even though major advances conceptualization measurement have been made, that scrutinize patterns and/or CEE are rare, while studies simultaneously explore link under socialism after virtually nonexistent. Relying Polish census-tract level data educational structure population 1978, 1988, 2002,...

This paper undertakes a comparison of two regrowing and shrinking European cities in order to identify the factors driving demographic regrowth economic recovery how why those are at work some that turned from population decline towards new growth while others did not. Our objectives systematically elaborate influencing urban regrowth, explain these interact mutually dependent discuss relate contextual conditions different scales. For our contrasting analysis, we selected Liverpool Leipzig,...

Most of the research on urban change in formerly centrally planned countries has focused more prosperous capital cities Warsaw, Prague, Berlin, Budapest and Tallinn. Thus, our understanding on-going transformations this part world is skewed towards a handful areas. This paper takes different approach by studying post-socialist socio-spatial structure second-tier city, based data from Łódź, Poland. The results reveal restructuring Łódź at both macro micro levels. importantly, despite being...

In Europe a range of segregation studies can be found in the North, West and South, but hardly any Central Eastern – region where major economic political changes induced by demise socialism 1989 contributed to new social divisions related spatial patterns. However, these have not been uniform resulted context-specific outcomes. Relying on data socio-occupational structure population from National Census 2002 at census tract scale, this article explores levels patterns three Polish cities:...

Socio-economic inequality is on the rise in major European cities as are worries about that, since this development seen threatening social cohesion and stability. Surprisingly, relatively little known spatial dimensions of rising socioeconomic inequality. This paper builds a study socio-economic segregation twelve cities: Amsterdam, Athens, Budapest, London, Madrid, Oslo, Prague, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vienna, Vilnius. Data used from national censuses registers for years 2001 2011. The...

Socioeconomic disparities in urban green space (UGS) availability and environmental injustice may occur not only at the scale of whole cities, selected districts/neighbourhoods, but also lower spatial scales, such as blocks or even individual buildings. The latter – microscale UGS reflect differences among inhabitants who belong to different socioeconomic status groups inhabit buildings parts This article evaluates whether cities characterized by low segregation general, those located...

Abstract Scholars have raised concerns about the social costs of transition from state socialism to capitalism in Central and E astern urope, geographers are particularly interested spatial expressions implications these costs, including apparently increasing residential segregation. Applying a range segregation measures 1992 2002 census data, this contribution studies socio‐occupational Bucharest. The conclusion is that Bucharest was relatively socio‐spatially mixed at both times; fact,...

This contribution focuses on the role of new-build gentrification in socio-spatial re-differentiation shrinking second-tier post-socialist cities Germany and Poland, countries that differ terms pace character transition. Our main goal is to compare contrast unfolding different settings with examples known from international studies mostly cover “Western” cities. One findings our study tempo scale sensitive transformations institutional contexts. Regarding debate newbuild gentrification, Łódź...

There has been a strong degree of interest over the last 30 years towards immigrant segregation in Europe. This paper aims to contribute existing body research by extending multi-scalar analysis patterns residential into coherent international comparative study cities different sizes. We investigate immigrant-native at geographical scales, along with their correlates, more than hundred 2011 across Germany, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, and United Kingdom. Our findings suggest that UK are most...

Immigrant–native segregation is present in the spaces which individuals from different ethnic/racial groups practice their everyday lives; interact with others and develop ethnic, social spatial networks. The overwhelming majority of academic research on immigrant has focused residential domain, thus largely overlooking other arenas daily interaction. study contributes to emerging literature workplace by examining changes patterns over time. We draw our data Stockholm metropolitan region,...

This paper investigates changes in the spatial structure and explores link between initial shape other characteristics of city-regions Poland heterogeneity urban structure. Shifting attention to former socialist country offers an opportunity illuminate a rapid systemic political–economic transition development city-regions. The results suggest that increasing polycentricity is not main trend Poland, show context stage indeed matter shaping trajectories change. Irrespective transition, relatively slow