This book focuses on the strict orthodox Jewish (Haredi) community, which comprises many sects whose communal identity plays a central role in everyday life and spatial organization. The research reveals and analyses powerful mechanisms of residential segregation acting at the apartment-, building- and near-neighbourhood levels. Identifying the main engines of spontaneous and organised neighbourhood change and evaluating the difficulties of liberalism dealing with non-autonomous individuals in the housing market sheds light on similar processes occurring in other city centres with...
This book focuses on the strict orthodox Jewish (Haredi) community, which comprises many sects whose communal identity plays a central role ...
This research aims to uncover new insights into minority housing strategies and their impact on densely populated urban areas. The study assumes that as space becomes scarce, inter and intra groups interactions in the urban space motivate people to maximize the utility of the resources at their disposal. This ‘stretch’ of the built environment provides them with critical selective advantages and a sense of security and belonging.
Based on two neighbourhoods in London, it contributes to our understanding of housing decisions in the context of illegality...
This research aims to uncover new insights into minority housing strategies and their impact on densely populated urban areas. The study assumes ...
