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Urban Shrinkage and Socio-Economic Segregation in Medium-Sized Cities: The Case of Schwerin (Germany) Cover

Urban Shrinkage and Socio-Economic Segregation in Medium-Sized Cities: The Case of Schwerin (Germany)

Quaestiones Geographicae
Volume 40 (2021): Issue 4 (December 2021)
By: David Huntington  
Open Access
|Dec 2021

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1

Population dynamics and growth in Schwerin, 1990–2019.Source: author's elaboration based on Stadtverwaltung Schwerin (2021).
Population dynamics and growth in Schwerin, 1990–2019.Source: author's elaboration based on Stadtverwaltung Schwerin (2021).

Fig. 2

Average monthly rents per m2 for different housing types in Schwerin, 1997–2017.Source: author's elaboration based on Stadtverwaltung Schwerin (2021). Note: Rents refer to a good quality apartment of approximately 60 m2 and exclude utility costs. As of 2011, nearly every third building was built before 1956, roughly half were completed between 1957 and 1990, and the remaining were erected after 1990 (Stadt Schwerin, 2015).
Average monthly rents per m2 for different housing types in Schwerin, 1997–2017.Source: author's elaboration based on Stadtverwaltung Schwerin (2021). Note: Rents refer to a good quality apartment of approximately 60 m2 and exclude utility costs. As of 2011, nearly every third building was built before 1956, roughly half were completed between 1957 and 1990, and the remaining were erected after 1990 (Stadt Schwerin, 2015).

Fig. 3

Population change in Schwerin by district, 1997–2017.Source: author's elaboration based on Stadtverwaltung Schwerin (2021).
Population change in Schwerin by district, 1997–2017.Source: author's elaboration based on Stadtverwaltung Schwerin (2021).

Fig. 4

Indices of segregation (SI) and dissimilarity (DI) for socio-economic population groups in Schwerin, 2000–2017.Source: author's elaboration based on Stadtverwaltung Schwerin (2021).
Indices of segregation (SI) and dissimilarity (DI) for socio-economic population groups in Schwerin, 2000–2017.Source: author's elaboration based on Stadtverwaltung Schwerin (2021).

Fig. 5

Concentrations of social assistance recipients under the age of 65 in Schwerin by district, 2005–2017.Source: author's elaboration based on Stadtverwaltung Schwerin (2021).
Concentrations of social assistance recipients under the age of 65 in Schwerin by district, 2005–2017.Source: author's elaboration based on Stadtverwaltung Schwerin (2021).

Fig. 6

Concentrations of unemployment insurance beneficiaries aged 15 to 64 in Schwerin by district, 2000–2017.Source: author's elaboration based on Stadtverwaltung Schwerin (2021).
Concentrations of unemployment insurance beneficiaries aged 15 to 64 in Schwerin by district, 2000–2017.Source: author's elaboration based on Stadtverwaltung Schwerin (2021).

Correlations of housing oversupply with concentrations of select vulnerable socio-economic groups in Schwerin, 2001–2017 (Pearson's r; *p < 0_05, **p < 0_01; n = 24)_

Vacancy rates
200120032005200720092011201320152017
Location quotient of social assistance recipientsN/AN/A0.489* (0.015)0.425* (0.039)0.529** (0.008)0.383 (0.064)0.760** (0.000)0.670** (0.000)0.530** (0.008)
Location quotient of unemployment insurance beneficiaries0.477* (0.018)0.738** (0.000)0.469* (0.021)0.399 (0.054)0.533** (0.007)0.405* (0.049)0.777** (0.000)0.727** (0.000)0.542** (0.006)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2021-0036 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
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Language: English
Page range: 29 - 46
Submitted on: Jun 7, 2021
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Published on: Dec 16, 2021
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
urban shrinkage,
socio-economic segregation,
medium-sized cities,
post-socialist cities,
socio-spatial inequality
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography

© 2021 David Huntington, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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