Relacionar Columnas Neighborhood RevitalizationVersión en línea Transatlantic comparison of three neighbourhoods por Karim Youssef 1 Social mix should mean that all types of households have 2 In 1983, the Goute d'Or was the first of 22 such neighbourhoods in France 3 Planned residential mix was integral to two of the study areas, 4 Easton is a case that demonstrates the sheer range of 5 the 'neighborhood effects' thesis postulates that 6 All three neighbourhoods had been subjected in the recent past to powerful 'discourses of decline' 7 State supported gentrification has been on the increase since the mid-1990s 8 social exclusion in neighbourhoods should best be tackled 9 A key reason for wanting more middle-class residents in the Goutte d'Or is 10 In both France and England, national governments have adopted proactive 'spatial rebalancing measures the uncoordinated nature of policies that try to alleviate deprivation and manage existing social mix. as local state actors seek to boost the competitiveness of their city's economy and their tax bases. their economic capital and its multiplier effects in the neighborhood's commercial landscape. a place in the neighbourhood, a 'right to the city' position. while diversification of local retailing and its consumer base was a key policy tool for revitalization of all three neighbourhoods. that local actors mobilized in support of image-changing measures. to be designated as a 'sensitive zone'. the spatial concentration of poverty is a major causal factor of social exclusion, diminishing individual life chances in various ways. by diluting spatial concentration of long-term poverty. seeking to ensure that when new social housing is created it has to be located in areas where private-sector housing predominates.