The Neighbourhood in Pieces

The Fragmentation of Local Public Space in a Swedish Housing Area

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ID3202624
AutoresMattias Kärrholm (0000-0002-4971-2733), Johan Wirdelöv (0000-0002-0668-1009)
Ano2019
Volume43
Fascículo5
Páginas870-887
Data de publicação2019-09-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0309-1317 • E-ISSN: 1468-2427
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2427.12735
OpenAlexW2911060337
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas33

In this article, we investigate the transformation of local public spaces in the ethnically and socially diverse housing area Norra Fäladen during 1970-2015. After being built, the area soon faced stigmatization and became known as a problem area. This was followed by a series of investments in local public spaces aiming for a stronger appropriation of the neighbourhood by its inhabitants. The production of a 'neighbourhood spirit' has, however, slowly deteriorated over the last two decades. Through the introduction of new areas, with large single-family houses on the one hand, and a densification of the existing housing stock on the other, the inhabitants' dependence on the existing (but now decreasing) public spaces within the area has been polarized. Local public spaces are also being increasingly relocated from central parts of the neighbourhood to the peripheries or outside the area. In this article, we investigate how this quite slow, yet steady, transformation has affected the local public spaces and the everyday life of the area

Appropriation · Archaeology · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Everyday life · Geography · Political science · Public housing · Public space · Sociology · Law · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Urbanization and City Planning