Abstract (EN):
The research reported in this chapter fits into recent international researches on the
relevance of immigrants for urban and regional sustainability, and on the relationship
between immigrants¿ settlements and socio-economic, territorial and dwellings
characteristics.
An innovative methodology is proposed in order to describe settlement and housing
typologies of different groups of immigrants that live in a certain metropolitan area,
according to respective demographic, economic, professional and dwelling
characteristics. It consists in the setting of a management information system with
different demographic, economic, professional, and location/housing characteristics,
development of a simulation and cartographic display interface, then integrated into a set
of "tableaux de bord" (to monitor the evolution of variables, and to compare different
groups of immigrants and different territorial spaces); adjustment of an explanatory
model for their housing locations (based on the methodology of hierarchical classification
trees), and settlement of housing typologies, according to immigrants¿ characteristics.
This methodology is intended - through data identification, organization and
structuring ¿ to support the strategic formulation and implementation of housing policies,
considering the real and predictable characteristics of different groups of immigrants in a
certain territory, strictly articulated with sectorial and territorial strategies. It also enables
settlement patterns and housing typologies¿ monitoring along time.
It is applied, as a case study, to the Oporto Metropolitan Area (Portugal) but can be
easily generalized to different metropolitan and urban realities, thus supporting the
harmonization of housing policies targeted to immigrants, within the scope of different
institutional and legal frameworks.
This chapter further stresses - through the identification of inter-population and interterritorial
housing inequalities - the importance of urban planning and management
interventions in order to ensure assess to favorable housing conditions to all people living
in a certain metropolitan area.
Idioma:
Inglês
Tipo (Avaliação Docente):
Científica
Nº de páginas:
22