Social polarisation in a segmented housing market: Social segregation in Greater Copenhagen

As in most other western countries Denmark has experienced increasing concentration of social problems in certain housing areas. This geographical polarisation has a double root; on the one hand has globalisation led to economic restructuring and in turn squeezed large groups out of labour market. On the other hand, since about 1970 the Danish housing market has become strongly segmented in relation to social composition of the residents of different tenures. This article examines the impact of a segmented housing market on segregation in Greater Copenhagen. It is concluded that housing segmentation is the major component behind the exisiting pattern of segregation. Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 100: 71-83.