Escaping poverty neighbourhoods in the Netherlands

Authors: Gideon Bolt; Ronald van Kempen

Source: Housing, Theory and Society, Volume 20, Number 4, December 2003 , pp. 209-222(14)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

While patterns of spatial segregation and concentration of ethnic minority groups in European cities have been well documented, more dynamic data on migration have been rare until now. In particular, little is known about the potential for different kinds of households to escape from poverty areas. Escaping these areas can be important in order to escape unwanted housing and living conditions. The analyses in this paper show that in the Netherlands the chance to escape such poverty neighbourhoods partly depends on ethnic descent: some immigrant groups are less able to escape than are Dutch households.

Keywords: spatial segregation; spatial inability; ethnic minorities; the Netherlands

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14036090310018941

Publication date: 2003-12-01

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