They Seem to Divide Us’

Social Mix and Inclusion in Two Traditional Urbanist Communities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11483648
AutoresJulia Markovich (University of Toronto, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen30
Número1
Páginas139-168
Fecha de publicación2015-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHousing Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0267-3037 • E-ISSN: 1466-1810
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02673037.2014.935707
OpenAlexW2040558725
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas44

Mixed tenure communities have become an important element of UK housing policy in recent decades. Whilst valued by policy-makers for generating a range of benefits, particularly for residents living in social rented housing, the empirical literature suggests that tenure mixing is neither a sufficient nor a reliable remedy for addressing issues associated with concentrations of poverty, disadvantage and social exclusion. This paper reports on a doctoral research study that considered tenure mixing practices at two traditional urbanist communities in the UK: Poundbury, Dorchester, and New Gorbals, Glasgow. Conceptually, the paper uses Young's critiques of residential segregation and the integration ideal to evaluate the two communities. Methodologically, it draws on qualitative interviews with residents, planners and social housing providers. The research findings contradict many aspects of Young's ideal and highlight the complex and multidimensional nature of integration in practice. Reflecting on these findings, the paper identifies five housing policy and research priorities that might usefully be pursued in future work

Disadvantage · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Ideal (ethics · Inclusion (mineral · Negotiation · Political science · Poverty · Public housing · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social exclusion · Social science · Sociology · Urbanism · Work (physics · Engineering · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Architecture