Multidimensional Diversity in Two European Cities: Thinking beyond Ethnicity

Aneta Piekut, Philip Rees, Gill Valentine and Marek Kupiszewski
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Aneta Piekut: Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, England
Philip Rees: School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England
Gill Valentine: Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, England
Marek Kupiszewski: Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland

Environment and Planning A, 2012, vol. 44, issue 12, 2988-3009

Abstract: This paper shifts discussion on social diversity from ethnic diversity to broader social diversity. We explore spatial social diversity and assess opportunities to encounter diversity in an urban context. In doing so, we prepared a description of diversity in the residential communities of two cities, Leeds and Warsaw, using census data for small areas (UK 2001, Poland 2002). Selected variables were used to represent the key social dimensions of difference: demographic, socioeconomic, ethnic, and disability. A cluster analysis using a k-means algorithm was implemented for each city separately and for the two cities combined using harmonized indicators. We selected eight cluster solutions for each city which had different profiles and spatial distributions. A combined cluster analysis showed that there was little overlap in community types across the two cities. The paper illustrates that Leeds and Warsaw residents experience very different opportunities to encounter difference which need to be taken into account when local diversity policies are implemented.

Keywords: diversity; cluster analysis; age groups; occupations; ethnic groups; nationality groups; Leeds; Warsaw (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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