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Canvey Island: The Effects of Group Action of Satmar Community

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Spatial Behavior in Haredi Jewish Communities in Great Britain

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Since the early 1990s, a growing voluntary activity taking by interest groups interested in influencing urban planning policies has been noticed throughout the western cities. These groups create new channels for influencing actual planning. Special challenge creates non-liberal groups that use the rights and practice of planning to achieve sectoral goals. This chapter reveals the top-down strategy the Satmar community adopts to claim territory and influence the private and public space in the new settlement of Canvey Island. Purchasing the school made it possible to concentrate the community in a compact peripheral area at a relatively low cost. This collaboration is mostly explained by the attractiveness of Canvey Island which offers an affordable solution to housing problems within an hour drive from Stamford Hill. Finding such a resolution while relying on the community infrastructure increases the community’s volume and the prestige of its leaders. Examining the role of different levels of cooperation in operating segregation processes, this chapter focuses on the abilities and limitations of the interest groups of Satmar to claim territory. In the urban reality, the inherent lack of collaborations and cohesion in the veteran local population limits their ability to safeguard their spatial rights and maintain their social practices. Today, Satmar is considered one of the most dominant congregations of the Torah world, and the veteran residents of Canvey Island are concerned about its impact on the public spaces, and its possible ramifications.

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Flint Ashery, S. (2020). Canvey Island: The Effects of Group Action of Satmar Community. In: Spatial Behavior in Haredi Jewish Communities in Great Britain. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25858-0_10

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