Local policy responses on how to host refugees in German cities. Do we need to rethink the concept of the European City? Dr. Florian Koch, Department for Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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Local policy responses on how to host refugees in German cities. Do we need to rethink the concept of the European City?
Dr. Florian Koch, Department for Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for
• Influence of different historical eras shape the European City and leads to a “presence of history” which is still evident and visible in the daily life of the city dwellers. (Siebel 2004, 2011)
• Urban Design approach is based on mixed uses, density, public spaces, and historical city centres (Marcuse 2004)
Social dimension
• Minor grade of socio-spatial segregation, (especially compared to the US and Latin American city) (Kazepov 2005)
• Low crime rates
• City as collective actor: Everybody who lives within its boundaries has the right to participate in decision-making processes (Le Galès 2002)
Political dimension
• Far-reaching capacity to act, as result of national/supra-national funding and autonomy to determine how these funds are used. (Giersig 2008)
• Public intervention as an adjustment of market forces(Häußermann 2001, 2011)
• Citizen participation/ involvement of civil society organizations in urban politics (Bagnasco/Le Galès 2000)
Local policy responses on how to host refugees in German cities. Do we need to rethink the concept of the European City?
Leipzig: 550,000 inhabitants, located in thefederal state of Saxony/Eastern Germany, relaxed housing market
Increase of refugees (Asylumseekers, receiving support through the Asylbewerber-leistungsgesetz) in Leipzig:
2011: 285 persons
2014: 1,243 persons
2015: 4,230 persons
2016: 1,633 persons (until end of august), estimation: 3,000 persons