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SUMMARY:Defense of the doctoral dissertation: Sindija Balode
DESCRIPTION:Reviewers:\nProf. RNDr. Martin Ouředníček\, Charles University\, Czech Republic\;Assoc. Prof. Dr. geogr. Ženija Krūzmētra\, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies\;Prof. Māris Kļaviņš\, University of Latvia.\nABSTRACT\nCities worldwide are experiencing demographic shifts and increasing socio-spatial differentiation\, which exacerbate social inequality and threaten sustainable development. These processes are more complex in post-socialist urban areas shaped by the legacy of centrally planned economies\, rapid transition to a market economy\, and integration into the European Union. This doctoral thesis assesses patterns of socio-spatial differentiation in Riga’s inner city. Using advanced geospatial analysis and 2021 census data\, the results show uneven inner-city development\, producing a socially and spatially polarized landscape. This includes fragmented gentrification and an “urban arrival space” for new immigrants characterized by high and scale-dependent segregation. This differentiation results from interacting processes such as national-level demographic polarization\, selective suburbanization\, and the concentration of new migration flows in the inner city.\nKeywords: socio-spatial differentiation\, inner city\, immigration\, multiscale analysis\nThe doctoral thesis will be available for consultation at the LU Library’s Multidisciplinary Library (19 Raiņa Boulevard) two weeks prior to the defence.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="text-justify"><strong>Reviewers:</strong></p>\n<ol><li><p class="text-justify"><i>Prof. RNDr. </i><strong>Martin Ouředníček</strong>\, Charles University\, Czech Republic\;</p></li><li><p class="text-justify"><i>Assoc. Prof. Dr. geogr. </i><strong>Ženija Krūzmētra</strong>\, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies\;</p></li><li><p class="text-justify"><i>Prof. </i><strong>Māris Kļaviņš</strong>\, University of Latvia.</p></li></ol>\n<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p>\n<p class="text-justify">Cities worldwide are experiencing demographic shifts and increasing socio-spatial differentiation\, which exacerbate social inequality and threaten sustainable development. These processes are more complex in post-socialist urban areas shaped by the legacy of centrally planned economies\, rapid transition to a market economy\, and integration into the European Union. This doctoral thesis assesses patterns of socio-spatial differentiation in Riga’s inner city. Using advanced geospatial analysis and 2021 census data\, the results show uneven inner-city development\, producing a socially and spatially polarized landscape. This includes fragmented gentrification and an “urban arrival space” for new immigrants characterized by high and scale-dependent segregation. This differentiation results from interacting processes such as national-level demographic polarization\, selective suburbanization\, and the concentration of new migration flows in the inner city.</p>\n<p><strong>Keywords</strong>: socio-spatial differentiation\, inner city\, immigration\, multiscale analysis</p>\n<p class="text-justify">The doctoral thesis will be available for consultation at the LU Library’s Multidisciplinary Library (19 Raiņa Boulevard) two weeks prior to the defence.</p>
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