Local housing policy and residential segregation
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Housing and Planning Research
- Vol. 6 (4) , 245-256
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02815738908730206
Abstract
The focus of the article is on the relationship between local housing policy and residential segregation. The former is specified as decisions concerning type of tenure and the location of new dwellings, the latter in terms of class and income. Three structurally similar Swedish cities are compared. The results show that, the more market orientated local housing policy and the less “mixed housing” is, the stronger residential segregation. One planning implication seems to be that the development of housing segregation according to class and income, indeed, may be influenced by local planning. If desegregation is given a high priority in a city, housing production should be directed to accomplish this aim.Keywords
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