ETHNIC CONCENTRATION AREAS IN NEIGHBOURHOOD PERSPECTIVE IN ENSCHEDE, THE NETHERLANDS

Previous studies suggest that measuring ethnic segregation at a disaggregated level allows capturing variabilityof ethnic concentration areas within a city. However, many ignore the relative locations of each neighbourhoodto identify ethnic concentration areas. It causes misidentification of ethnic concentration areas. Using the 2009population data of Enschede, this study investigated the concentration areas at postcode level. The “scale of theneighbourhood” represents the extent of concentration influenced by population in neighbouring postcodes.Using composite population at different scales... Mehr ...