Neighborhood decline and the economic crisis: An introduction

Urban neighborhoods are still important in the lives of its residents. Therefore, it is important to find out how the recent global financial and economic crisis affects these neighborhoods. Which types of neighborhoods and which residents suffer more than others? This introduction provides an overview of the papers in this special feature that...

The global financial crisis and neighborhood decline

Neighborhood decline is a complex and multidimensional process. National and regional variations in economic and political structures (including varieties in national welfare state arrangements), combined with differences in neighborhood history, development, and population composition, make it impossible to identify an ideal-type process of...

Lessen over buurtontwikkeling en buurtverval

Steden zijn een bron en broedplaats van economische en culturele ontwikkeling. Maar wat is nu de kracht van de stad? Om dit uit te zoeken hebben onderzoekers en professionals hun krachten en expertise gebundeld in het programma Kennis voor Krachtige Steden (KKS). Het resultaat: concrete oplossingsrichtingen voor stedelijke sociaal-economische...

Neighborhood Decline and the Economic Crisis (discussion paper)

Neighborhood decline is a complex and multidimensional process. National and regional variation in economic and political structures (including variety in national welfare state arrangements), combined with differences in neighborhood history, development and population composition, makes it extremely difficult to identify a unilateral process...