RT Journal Article
T1 Residential segregation and social diversification: Exploring spatial settlement patterns of foreign population in Southern European cities
A1 Benassi, Federico
A1 Iglesias Pascual, Ricardo
A1 Salvati, Luca
K1 Socio-spatial patterns
K1 Metropolitan scale
K1 Multi-group segregation indexes
K1 Foreign population
K1 Cultural diversity management
K1 Mediterranean region
AB Studies on residential segregation of foreign population in Southern Europe usually focus on capital cities, omitting the metropolitan dimension and paying less attention to use of comparable analysis’ spatial scales. These issues, together with the dominant use of two-group segregation indexes, prevent identification and classification of metropolitan patterns of residential segregation in such contexts. To overcome these key issues, the spatial segregation of foreign population in 16 Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) was investigated in Italy and Spain using global and local multi-group segregation indexes based on a regular geometry (100 m grid) and confronted with socioeconomic indicators profiling the local context. Results of this study reveal the absence of common metropolitan patterns of residential segregation in both countries. In turn, a greater level of residential segregation is correlated with a lower presence of immigrant population and depressed socioeconomic conditions of each FUA, suggesting the existence of a downward spiral toward social vulnerability in the most disadvantaged cities. These results finally indicate the increasing difficulties faced by foreigners in order to access the real estate market in Southern European cities.
PB Elsevier
YR 2020
FD 2020-07-14
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22595
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22595
LA en
NO Benassi, F., Iglesias-Pascual, R., & Salvati, L. (2020). Residential segregation and social diversification: Exploring spatial settlement patterns of foreign population in Southern European cities. Habitat International, 101, 102200.
NO FECYT -- DINAMICAS SOCIOTERITORIALES EN LAS AREAS METROPOLITANAS ESPAÑOL...
NO Departamento de Geografía, Historia y Filosofía. Universidad Pablo de Olavide.
DS RIO
RD Apr 23, 2026