SOCURB

Social Dynamics in Urban Residential Neighbourhoods. The Cases of Estonian and Swedish Cities

Coordinatore	UPPSALA UNIVERSITET    more  Organization address address: SANKT OLOFSGATAN 10 B city: UPPSALA postcode: 751 05 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Roger Cognome: Andersson Email: send email Telefono: +46 18 471 65 26 Fax: +46 18 471 65 01
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Sweden [SE]
Totale costo	275˙138 €
EC contributo	275˙138 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-05-01   -   2017-03-29

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UPPSALA UNIVERSITET  Organization address address: SANKT OLOFSGATAN 10 B city: UPPSALA postcode: 751 05 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Roger Cognome: Andersson Email: send email Telefono: +46 18 471 65 26 Fax: +46 18 471 65 01	SE (UPPSALA)	coordinator	275˙138.80

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'In many European countries extensive welfare provisions have significantly declined since the 1980s/90s. The de-regulation and marketisation processes have been especially remarkable in the Central and East-European post-socialist countries. These processes have affected growing social disparities, and have often also caused the growth of socio-spatial disparities between urban neighbourhoods. Since such disparities tend to affect social integration and cohesion in societies, many countries have developed area-based social mixing policies to counteract the negative effects of such neo-liberal policy turn. Underlying these policies is the premise that the mixed population composition in neighbourhoods would enhance the living conditions and life-chances of lower income groups and ethnic minorities – thus leading to better social cohesion. Provision of mixed tenure and housing types would help to achieve this goal. However, the outcomes of such policy interventions do not always lead to population mix and socio-spatial integration. The overall goal of the current research project is to contribute to finding the best balance between the need to increase economic competitiveness and cope with public sector cuts and the need for building integrated, inclusive and stable urban communities. In order to achieve this, the links between urban policies and institutional changes, and the residential dynamics in urban neighbourhoods will be explored. Comparative research will be based on cities in Sweden and Estonia, and inner-city neighbourhoods and post-war housing estates will be the main research focus. Census and longitudinal register data will be used in modelling to find out which micro- and aggregate-level factors influence residential dynamics in neighbourhoods, and how residential mobility contributes to this. Impacts of area-based policies on people’s residential careers will also be investigated. Finally, also, practical recommendations will be made.'