《Tipping points in Dutch big city neighbourhoods》

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来源
URBAN STUDIES,Vol.54,Issue4,P.1016-1037
语言
英文
关键字
ethnic segregation; neighbourhood; regression discontinuity; tipping point; urban renewal; SPATIAL SEGREGATION; WHITE FLIGHT; NETHERLANDS; DYNAMICS; POLICIES; SUBURBANIZATION; ASSIMILATION; IMMIGRATION; INTEGRATION; CLEVELAND
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[Ong, Cheng Boon] Maastricht Univ, Maastricht, Netherlands. Ong, CB (reprint author), Maastricht Univ, Maastricht Grad Sch Governance, Boschstr 24, NL-6211 AX Maastricht, Netherlands. E-Mail: cheng.ong@maastrichtuniversity.nl
摘要
Micro-level studies using individual and household data have shown that residential location choices are influenced by neighbourhood ethnic composition. Using three conurbation samples in the Netherlands - Amsterdam metropolitan area, Rotterdam-The Hague metropolitan area and the country's largest conurbation, the Randstad' urban agglomeration - this paper analyses the evolution of neighbourhood ethnic composition as a social interaction outcome of disaggregated household behaviour. The potential tipping point' in neighbourhood ethnic composition, beyond which white flight' (or the departure of native or advantaged households) occurs, is tested. The share in neighbourhood population of native Dutch and Western minority did not exhibit the hypothesised tipping' behaviour in its growth rate with respect to initial share of non-Western minority. This paper argues that the large social housing sector, centralised tax regime, and strong regulatory role of the state in housing and urban planning, are the main explanatory factors for the relative constancy in Dutch neighbourhood ethnic composition.