Open AccessDiversity and local business structure in European urban contexts
Author(s) -
Szabolcs Fabula,
Rikke Skovgaard Nielsen,
Eduardo Barberis,
Lajoš Boros,
Anne Hedegaard Winther,
Zoltán Kovács
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hungarian geographical bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2064-5147
pISSN - 2064-5031
DOI - 10.15201/hungeobull.70.1.5
Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , neighbourhood (mathematics) , cohesion (chemistry) , economic geography , sociology , geography , regional science , mathematical analysis , chemistry , mathematics , organic chemistry , anthropology
This article investigates the interconnectedness between neighbourhood diversity and local business structures. For this purpose, interviews with residents and entrepreneurs were conducted in three European cities: Budapest, Copenhagen, and Milan. The results show that diversity in the economic structure of urban neighbourhoods is equally important with regards to residents’ quality of life, the image of the neighbourhood, and local social cohesion. Therefore, the main recommendation is that policy makers should act to preserve the diversity of local business structures, and that the concept of diversity itself should be understood in a broader sense, taking local peculiarities into account.