Nuancing the international debate on social mix: evidence from Copenhagen
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Authors
Alves, Sónia
Publication Date
2019-01-01Journal Title
Housing Studies
ISSN
0267-3037
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Carfax Publishing Ltd.
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Article
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Alves, S. (2019). Nuancing the international debate on social mix: evidence from Copenhagen. Housing Studies https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2018.1556785
Abstract
Whilst the political rhetoric of social mix has been similar across countries, asymmetries in their housing and planning systems and institutions owing to dissimilar underlying values, norms, and cultures has defined national and municipal practices of implementation. The purpose of this paper, based on a literature review and semi-structured interviews with government, local officials, and academics, is twofold. First, to investigate why and how city planners in the municipality of Copenhagen have used strategies of social mix in the fields of housing and land-use planning, and how these policies have evolved to deal with recurrent shortages of affordable housing. Second, to highlight the contingent nature of social mix and argue the need for more context and more sensitive analysis of social mix policies and practices. Whilst many have claimed that social mixing is a euphemism for gentrification, this paper argues that the concept can contribute to a more progressive housing and urban planning agenda.
Sponsorship
I gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia for research grant SFRH/BPD/75863/2011, POPH/FSE. Within the framework of a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, this project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 747257.
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European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (747257)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2018.1556785
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/290039
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