Entrepreneurial citizenship in urban regeneration in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, active citizenship in the context of urban regeneration of deprived neighbourhoods seems to have evolved into ‘entrepreneurial citizenship’. The concept of entrepreneurial citizenship combines top-down and bottom-up elements. National and/or local governments promote an ideal citizen with entrepreneurship skills and...

The moderating effect of higher education on the intergenerational transmission of residing in poverty neighbourhoods

It is well-known that socioeconomic outcomes and (dis)advantage over the life course can be transmitted from parent to child. It is increasingly suggested that these intergenerational effects also have a spatial dimension, although empirical research into this topic remains scarce. Previous research from Sweden and the United States shows that...

The Moderating Effect of Higher Education on Intergenerational Spatial Inequality (discussion paper)

It is well-known that socioeconomic outcomes and (dis)advantage over the life course can be transmitted from parent to child. It is increasingly suggested that these intergenerational effects also have a spatial dimension, although empirical research into this topic remains scarce. Previous research from Sweden and the United States shows that...

Spatial-socio classification of deprived neighbourhoods in the Netherlands: Strategies for neighbourhood revitalisation

Intergenerational transmission of neighbourhood poverty: An analysis of neighbourhood histories of individuals

Marie Curie programme under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013) / Career Integration Grant n. PCIG10-GA-2011-303728 (CIG Grant NBHCHOICE, Neighbourhood choice, neighbourhood sorting, and neighbourhood effects). The extent to which socioeconomic (dis)advantage is transmitted between generations is receiving increasing...

Urban Regeneration in a Market Oriented Decision Environment: A Deeper Understanding of the Plan-, Decision making and Development Process in a Market Oriented Approach to Urban Regeneration and its Possible Physical and Socio-demographic implications in Dutch Deprived Neighbourhoods

The Dutch government aims since the 1990s at a more market oriented approach in urban planning with different implications in terms of who benefits and loses from interventions in vulnerable places such as neighbourhoods of empowerment (krachtwijken). This policy shift and way of thinking about urban planning implicated big changes in the...