‘Social Mix’ as ‘Sustainability Fix’? Exploring Social Sustainability in the French Suburbs
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Resumo: | The French suburbs, or banlieues, have long been associated with marginalization and peripheralization, characterized by unemployment, a high proportion of ethnic minority populations and low education attainment levels. Since 2000, the ‘crisis’ of the banlieue has been addressed through a policy of ‘social mixing’ which aims to promote mixed communities in certain neighbourhoods, to dilute the ‘problematic elements’ of the suburbs. This ‘social sustainability fix’ however has had mixed results. Questions can be raised over whether a policy based on increasing a neighbourhood’s social mix is an appropriate sustainability fix for the suburbs, and whether it has actually resulted in the outcomes that were intended. Rather than encouraging social integration, it is argued here that the policy of social mixing reinforces segregation and has done little to tackle inequalities and social exclusion. We suggest that there are alternative solutions to the challenges of fostering social sustainability in the suburbs, which could be implemented in partnership with citizens and neighbourhoodbased groups (associations) that would be more effective in addressing social sustainability solutions in the future. |
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‘Social Mix’ as ‘Sustainability Fix’? Exploring Social Sustainability in the French Suburbsbanlieue; French suburbs; mixed communities; neighbourhood; social exclusion; social mixing; social sustainabilityThe French suburbs, or banlieues, have long been associated with marginalization and peripheralization, characterized by unemployment, a high proportion of ethnic minority populations and low education attainment levels. Since 2000, the ‘crisis’ of the banlieue has been addressed through a policy of ‘social mixing’ which aims to promote mixed communities in certain neighbourhoods, to dilute the ‘problematic elements’ of the suburbs. This ‘social sustainability fix’ however has had mixed results. Questions can be raised over whether a policy based on increasing a neighbourhood’s social mix is an appropriate sustainability fix for the suburbs, and whether it has actually resulted in the outcomes that were intended. Rather than encouraging social integration, it is argued here that the policy of social mixing reinforces segregation and has done little to tackle inequalities and social exclusion. We suggest that there are alternative solutions to the challenges of fostering social sustainability in the suburbs, which could be implemented in partnership with citizens and neighbourhoodbased groups (associations) that would be more effective in addressing social sustainability solutions in the future.Cogitatio2018-10-30info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/up.v3i4.1675oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1675Urban Planning; Vol 3, No 4 (2018): Urban Planning and the Suburbs: Solutions for Sustainability from the Edges; 29-372183-7635reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/1675https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v3i4.1675https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/1675/1675https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/downloadSuppFile/1675/392https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/downloadSuppFile/1675/393Copyright (c) 2018 Juliet Carpenterhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCarpenter, Juliet2022-12-20T11:00:09Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1675Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:22:05.314930Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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‘Social Mix’ as ‘Sustainability Fix’? Exploring Social Sustainability in the French Suburbs |
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‘Social Mix’ as ‘Sustainability Fix’? Exploring Social Sustainability in the French Suburbs |
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‘Social Mix’ as ‘Sustainability Fix’? Exploring Social Sustainability in the French Suburbs Carpenter, Juliet banlieue; French suburbs; mixed communities; neighbourhood; social exclusion; social mixing; social sustainability |
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‘Social Mix’ as ‘Sustainability Fix’? Exploring Social Sustainability in the French Suburbs |
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‘Social Mix’ as ‘Sustainability Fix’? Exploring Social Sustainability in the French Suburbs |
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‘Social Mix’ as ‘Sustainability Fix’? Exploring Social Sustainability in the French Suburbs |
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‘Social Mix’ as ‘Sustainability Fix’? Exploring Social Sustainability in the French Suburbs |
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‘Social Mix’ as ‘Sustainability Fix’? Exploring Social Sustainability in the French Suburbs |
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Carpenter, Juliet |
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Carpenter, Juliet |
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Carpenter, Juliet |
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banlieue; French suburbs; mixed communities; neighbourhood; social exclusion; social mixing; social sustainability |
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banlieue; French suburbs; mixed communities; neighbourhood; social exclusion; social mixing; social sustainability |
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The French suburbs, or banlieues, have long been associated with marginalization and peripheralization, characterized by unemployment, a high proportion of ethnic minority populations and low education attainment levels. Since 2000, the ‘crisis’ of the banlieue has been addressed through a policy of ‘social mixing’ which aims to promote mixed communities in certain neighbourhoods, to dilute the ‘problematic elements’ of the suburbs. This ‘social sustainability fix’ however has had mixed results. Questions can be raised over whether a policy based on increasing a neighbourhood’s social mix is an appropriate sustainability fix for the suburbs, and whether it has actually resulted in the outcomes that were intended. Rather than encouraging social integration, it is argued here that the policy of social mixing reinforces segregation and has done little to tackle inequalities and social exclusion. We suggest that there are alternative solutions to the challenges of fostering social sustainability in the suburbs, which could be implemented in partnership with citizens and neighbourhoodbased groups (associations) that would be more effective in addressing social sustainability solutions in the future. |
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