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Effects of Physical Measures on Social Cohesion: Case Studies in the Netherlands and Slovenia

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Mass Housing in Europe

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Earlier chapters and earlier research have indicated that large post-WWII housing estates can suffer from serious social and economic problems, such as the concentration of poverty and high crime-rates, and physical problems such as the lack of maintenance and deterioration (see, e.g., Dekker and Van Kempen, 2004). These problems can be related to the low level of social cohesion, which is reflected in a higher proportion of conflicts, crime rates and vandalism, and problems related to the maintenance of public space. These are common problems in some large housing estates all over Europe (see Cernic Mali et al., 2005; Van Beckhoven and Van Kempen, 2005; Belmessous et al., 2005; Knorr-Siedow and Droste, 2005).

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham, UK

    Rob Rowlands (lecturer) (lecturer)

  2. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Sako Musterd (Professor of Social Geography) (Professor of Social Geography)

  3. Urban and Regional Research Centre, University of Utrecht, Netherlands

    Ronald van Kempen (Professor of Urban Geography) (Professor of Urban Geography)

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Dekker, K., Filipovič, M. (2009). Effects of Physical Measures on Social Cohesion: Case Studies in the Netherlands and Slovenia. In: Rowlands, R., Musterd, S., van Kempen, R. (eds) Mass Housing in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274723_7

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