At home in the oasis: Middle-class newcomers’ affiliation to their deprived Rotterdam neighbourhood

One of the arguments for ‘social mix’ urban renewal in low-income neighbourhoods is that the presence of middle-class residents would improve life chances for lower-income groups. However, according to various researchers, middle-class newcomers have little social interaction with the neighbourhood, do not feel at home there and make little...

Stijl van leven, stijl van bouwen: Branding en leefstijlen in gebiedsontwikkeling

'At home in the oasis' Sense of home and belonging in a middle class complex in a poor neighbourhood

(Work in progress) In many deprived urban neighbourhoods in the Netherlands strategies are deployed to attract higher income groups from outside the neighbourhood. However, various studies on social mixing conclude that these higher income households moving to poor urban areas often remain symbolically and practically disengaged from the wider...

Everyday life and social mixing in a changing neighbourhood