10.1177/1078087415601221
https://zenodo.org/records/495224
oai:zenodo.org:495224
Tersteeg, Anouk
Anouk
Tersteeg
Pinkster, Fenne
Fenne
Pinkster
"Us up here and them down there": how design, management and neighborhood facilities shape social distance in a mixed-tenure housing development
Zenodo
2016
social mix, tenure-mix, resident perceptions, social distance
2016-09-01
https://zenodo.org/communities/divercities
https://zenodo.org/communities/eu
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Despite the fact that social mix is an essential component of urban policies in Western Europe, it remains unclear at what spatial scale housing diversification programs may be most effective. When people with different backgrounds, household compositions and lifestyles live in close proximity to one another, the emergence of close social ties is not always guaranteed. On the one hand, living in socially mixed environments may create bridges between residents of different social positions. On the other hand, it can lead to processes of social distancing and reproduce negative stereotypes. This paper aims to provide insight in how these diverging experiences of social closeness or distance relate to place-specific features such as housing design, management practices and the structure of local facilities. Lessons are drawn from a qualitative study on resident experiences of living with difference in a fine-grained mixed-tenure development in a newly built neighborhood in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
European Commission
10.13039/501100000780
319970
Governing Urban Diversity: Creating Social Cohesion, Social Mobility and Economic Performance in Today's Hyper-diversified Cities