Neighbourhood Effects or Neighbourhood Based Problems? A Policy Cont

This edited volume critically examines the link between area based policies, neighbourhood based problems, and neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods has a negative effect on residents’ life chances over and above the

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Neighbourhood Effects or Neighbourhood Based Problems? A Policy Context

Neighbourhood Effects or Neighbourhood Based Problems?

David Manley • Maarten van Ham Nick Bailey • Ludi Simpson Duncan Maclennan Editors

Neighbourhood Effects or Neighbourhood Based Problems? A Policy Context

Editors David Manley School of Geographical Sciences University of Bristol Clifton, Bristol, UK Nick Bailey School of Social and Political Sciences Urban Studies University of Glasgow Glasgow, UK Duncan Maclennan Centre for Housing Research School of Geography and Geosciences University of St. Andrews St. Andrews, Fife, UK

Maarten van Ham OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment Delft University of Technology Delft, The Netherlands Ludi Simpson The Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research School of Social Sciences University of Manchester Manchester, UK

ISBN 978-94-007-6694-5 ISBN 978-94-007-6695-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6695-2 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013941874 © Springer Science and Business Dordrecht 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

Governments have long been involved in interventions at the neighbourhood level, yet the perceived neighbourhood problems of crime, ineq