Residential Segregation at the Local Level in Poland. Case Studies for Praga Północ, Włochy and Ursynów

Jaczewska Barbara () and Grzegorczyk Anna ()
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Jaczewska Barbara: Department of Political Geography and Regional Studies, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland
Grzegorczyk Anna: Department of World Regional Geography, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland

Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, 2017, vol. 21, issue 4, 168-178

Abstract: The aim of this article is to answer two questions concerning the scale and the pattern of residential segregation in Warsaw at the local level and the character of contemporary processes accompanying and modifying this phenomenon. While examining residential segregation we have applied a multidimensional approach to underline the complex nature of this phenomenon. We have focused on data concerning different demographic and socio-economic categories. Furthermore we indicate and describe three socio-spatial, contemporary processes that have accompanied an increase in social inequalities in Warsaw (the creation of enclaves of poverty and wealth and the process of gentrification). The research reveals increasing social inequalities at the local level that began in the socialist era and have strengthened during the transformation period, as well as the stability of the socio-spatial pattern in selected districts that influence their local specifics.

Keywords: Residential segregation; microscale segregation; Warsaw; enclaves of poverty; gated communities; gentrification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0032

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