The Ethnic Dimensions of Suburbanisation in Estonia

Journal article (2013)
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OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment (OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
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17-01-2013

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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 39 (5), 2013; Authors version (post-print)

Faculty

OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment

Abstract

Large-scale suburbanisation is a relatively recent phenomenon in East Central Europe and is responsible for major socio-spatial changes in metropolitan areas. Little is known about the ethnic dimensions of suburbanisation, despite the existence of often sizeable Russian minority populations in some member-states of the former Soviet Union. We use individual-level Estonian census data from the year 2000 in order to investigate the ethnic dimensions of suburbanisation. The results show that ethnic minorities have a considerably lower probability of suburbanising compared to the majority population, and minorities are less likely to move to rural municipalities—the main sites of suburban change—in the suburban ring of cities.