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PROJECT THESIS The thesis of this research is that large scale Urban Redevelopment Projects promote Social Exclusion and Polarisation . It is examined whether this thesis holds or if, on the contrary, large scale urban redevelopment fosters social integration of citizens into the urban Society . As polarisation and exclusion processes are acute in urban environments, the analysis of the relationship between urban restructuring and social exclusion/integration is an important task. UNITS OF ANALYSIS The units of analysis are large scale urban (re)development projects (UDPs), which are implemented at the cross-roads of Global processes such as global Investment flows, dependence on Immigrant labour, transnational information flows, value-added networks and super-national decision-making processes. These projects embody trend-breaking epochal changes such as transformations of cultural values and preferences, changes in Citizenship Regulation and entitlement, informalisation of Labour Market s and relations, as well as of competitive environments. But at the same time UDPs are decidedly local, capturing the global trends, and incorporating them in a particular local setting. PROJECT OBJECTIVES The project reconstructs the global and local aspects of the UDPs and how they affect the integration/exclusion of citizens in the local economy and society. There are four general objectives:
PROJECT STAGES The project comprises following stages: # Development of a conceptual and theoretical framework to study the global-local interaction in the case-study cities and their impact on the selected UDPs # Case study analysis for each of the relevant phases of the project development process (formulation, design and planning; construction and implementation; operation) # Comparative analysis of the UDPs and the influence of Union and national policy # Policy proposals. EXTERNAL LINKS SEE ALSO
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