2. Content
1. Urban Dynamics in Europe
2. Contradictionsof Contemporary Urban Life
3. The Double Challenge ofNeighborhood
4. Living theUncertain City
3. 1. Urban Dynamics in Europe
ChangingEconomicLogics:
• DeclineofMassProduction Economy
• Growth of Service Sectors
• Predominanceof „SymbolicEconomies“
• Increasingimportanceof real estatetrade
4. For example Oberhausen
• 1861. 5,000 1961 1990
inhabitants
Miners 16,000 700
• Boom withthe
establishmentofthe
„Guthoffnungshütte“ Steal 14,000 200
workers
• Constant decline Industrial 63,000 20,000
since 50 years workers
5. 1. Urban Dynamics in Europe
Increasing Urban Competition:
• „Cluster“ tendencies
• Higher degreeofexternalorientation
• Shiftingtheinternalagenda
• Higher mobility
• Relevanceof „social“ and „creative“ capital
7. 1. Urban Dynamics in Europe
Uneven regional geographies:
• Stablecities: Cities with a longhistory in
particularservicecanupholdtheirposition (like
Amsterdam, London, Frankfurt)
• Comeback cities: After industrialdecline,
somecitiesaresuccesful in finding a niche in
theworldeconomy (like Leipzig, Manchester,
Rotterdam)
• Unsuccesfulcities: Still, the post-industrial turn
did not take off ground.
8.
9. 1. Urban Dynamics in Europe
Different National Role:
• Welfarestatereformsput extra weight on
thesocialcostsofcities
• Political autonomyofcitieshoweverhas not
grown
• Strongerinternational competition
10. 2. Contradictions of Contemporary
Urban Life
„Urban Rennaissance“
Living in thecityhasbecomemoreattractive
The suburban dreamhowevercontinues
(andthussuburbanisation)
11. 2. Contradictions of Contemporary
Urban Life
ChangingMeaningof „Public Spaces“
• „DomesticationbyCappuchino“
• Higher degreeofsafety
• More visibleminorities
• More privatisedpublicspaces
12. 2. Contradictions of Contemporary
Urban Life
Challenged Generation Cycle
Family, Suburbia, Own House
First Socialisation
Couple, Mixed neighbourhood Single, Inner city
Shared appartment Rented room
Third Socialisation Second Socialisation
13. 2. Contradictions of Contemporary
Urban Life
Challenged Generation Cycle:
• Upwardsocialmobilityisnolongerautomatically
pursued
• Demographicchange (Wherearethe golden
agers?)
• Higher demandfor flexible lifeandworkstyles
• Challengedconceptof „family“
14. 3. The Double Challenge of
Neighborhood
ChangedMeaningof „Neighborhood“
• Degreeofintegrationintothe total urban
developmentdiffersstronger
• Neighborhoodsarelessoffering a
feelingofbeingathome
• Dependency on „near“ offersincreases in
general
15. 3. The Double Challenge of
Neighborhood
New LogicofNeighborhood Development:
Seekingatthe same time:
• (Livedby-)Homogenisationofnear-byspace
• Celebratingof (tamed) visualdiversity
16. 3. The Double Challenge of
Neighborhood
Two end ofneighborhooddevelopment:
1. The Gentrified Area
17. 3. The Double Challenge of
Neighborhood
Two end ofneighborhooddevelopment:
1. The De-Linked Area
18. 4. Living theUncertain City
New Patterns of Segregation:
• More segregationoftheelderly
• Lesssegregationaccordingtoethnicity
• Invisible segregation: block not
neighbourhoodlevel
• Stableeffectsofsegregation
23. 4. Living theUncertain City
SocialExclusion:
• Wide spreadfearofsocialdecline
• Fear acrossricherandpoorerneighborhoods
• Feeling ofgeneraluncertainty
24. 4. Living theUncertain City
Forms ofSocialExclusion:
• Perceivedorthreateningexclusion in
onemajorlifesector (Work, Relationship,
Housing, Education)
• Real exclusion in oneofthesector
• Multiple exclusion
• Experiencedpowerlessness
25. 4. Living theUncertain City
PersistencetoSocialExclusion:
• Availabiltyof Internal andexternalressources
• Significant „Others“
• „Meaningfulplaces“
