Ripples of structural economic transformation: The changing social geographies of Dutch metropolitan regions

摘要: Abstract Socio-economic inequality across countries and urban regions is on the rise Global North. Even in formerly strong welfare states, such as Netherlands, we now see effects of sustained marketization liberalization. Rising social can manifest spatially become reflected changing geography regions. However, way which structural changes affect an region highly contingent historically grown characteristics that region, particularly housing market structure labour market. Based detailed register data income wealth individual households for four largest Dutch metropolitan areas, this paper describes shifting spatial inequalities between high lower status groups, unravelling patterns concentrated affluence poverty within Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague-Rotterdam, Eindhoven. We demonstrate moreover recent trends are quite differentiated argue these trajectories should be linked to different profiles defined by their positions global networks, diversity economy, national local policies buffered or catalysed demographic economic trends. Economically multi-layered well connected cities, Utrecht Amsterdam most successful economically, spurring gentrification core a push periphery groups. More mono-layered economies Hague Rotterdam do not experience widespread retain poor inner-cities relatively affluent suburbs.