Leipzig’s Inner East as an Arrival Space? Exploring the Trajectory of a Diversifying Neighbourhood

Annegret Haase, Anika Schmidt, Dieter Rink and Sigrun Kabisch
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Annegret Haase: Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany
Anika Schmidt: Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany
Dieter Rink: Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany
Sigrun Kabisch: Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany

Urban Planning, 2020, vol. 5, issue 3, 89-102

Abstract: The article analyses and discusses the development of Leipzig and especially its inner east as an ‘urban space of arrival’ since 1990. It represents a study about arrival in the post-socialist context that is fairly rare in the international debate so far, since most of the arrival debate builds on western European evidence. Leipzig’s inner east was characterised by shrinkage until the end of the 1990s and by new growth, especially after 2010, as the whole city grew. Since the second half of the 1990s the inner east has developed into a migrant area, referred to here as an ‘arrival space.’ Today, in 2020, it represents the most heterogeneous part of the city in terms of population structure and is one of the most dynamic areas in terms of in- and out-migration. At the same time, it represents an area where large amounts of the population face different types of disadvantage. Set against this context, the article embeds the story of Leipzig’s inner east into the arrival debate and investigates the area’s development according to the characteristics discussed by the debate. Our results reveal that Leipzig’s inner east represents a meaningful example of an arrival space in a specific (post-socialist, shrinkage followed by regrowth) context and that arrival and its spatial allocation strongly depend on factors like population, housing, and real estate market development, as well as policymaking and, significantly, recognition.

Keywords: arrival spaces; Leipzig; migration; neighbourhood; regrowth; shrinkage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.17645/up.v5i3.2902

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