The role of ethnicity in residential mobility and preferences in multi-ethnic regions
Daniel BALIZS, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department for Urban Planning and Design, Hungary
In Europe we find several examples where migration from the central city affects the ethnic pattern of the suburban zones. This process can take place in two ways: in the form of suburbanization which crosses country borders and other one which crosses only linguistic borders. There are many examples of the cross-border suburbanization in relation to Germany and Netherlands, France and Germany or even Italy and Slovenia. In the latter case, due to methodological peculiarities and cultural factors, it is expedient to distinguish the subtype arising from the recent international migration processes, a good example of which is the Western European cities, which are destinations for migrants form Southern and Eastern Europeans, Middle East or North Africa. The other subtype is more typical of Central and Eastern Europe, including, for example, the Carpathian Basin, where suburbanization may affect several indigenous ethnic communities, linguistic borders or contact zones. This can be seen in the Lithuanian-Polish relation in the Baltics or in the Romanian-Hungarian relation in Transylvania region. My research area, Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia could be good example of suburbanisation, which in both cases affects settlements close to the Slovak capital, inhabited by Hungarians or also Hungarians. Based on international experience, we can reasonably assume that the ethnic factor plays a measurable role in making migration decisions, which may have an impact on migration directions, the attitudes of people moving out of the city, and the identity of the local population. In my presentation, I will compare my research experience in Slovakia with examples from Western Europe.
Mots clés : mobility|residential preferences|ethnicity|multiculturalism
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