Economic Integration versus Social AvoidanceAssessing Neighborhood Relationships Between the Shanty Town of Calabar and its Surrounding Upper-class Gated Communities

Resumo

This research assesses the impact of neighborhood effects on the well-being of thirty inhabitants in Calabar, a shanty-town set within an upper-class area of Salvador (Brazil). We adopted a threefold methodological framework in order to explore the material, social and symbolic dimensions of the neighborhood effects based on a set of interviews. With regard to  the material dimension, cross-class interactions via the employment nexus are fostered through geographic proximity; however social segmentation regarding access to schools, hospitals and leisure activities have reinforced the social hierarchies. In the social dimension, a high degree of cohesion and solidarity has entailed positive implications for the job search processes, access to resources and a strengthening of territorial identity. With the symbolic dimension, statistical discrimination has entailed deleterious effects on economic integration. In conclusion, the hypothesis of an opportunity-enriching environment should be subjected to careful scrutiny since the economic integration of the inhabitants neither bridges the social distances nor impedes place-based discrimination.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2019

Instituição

ANPUR

Fonte

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Urbanos e Regionais

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

DOI

10.22296/2317-1529.2019v21n1p117

Identificador

oai:ojs.rbeur.anpur.org.br:article/5754

Licença

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Palavras-chave

Efeito-territórioPobreza urbanaFavelaSegmentação socialEstruturas de oportunidadeEstigma territorialNeighborhood EffectUrban PovertyShanty TownSocial SegmentationOpportunity StructuresTerritorial Stigmatization