Social mixing går ut på att ’mixa’ befolkning av olika klasser i ett bostadsområde med syfte att förändra områdets sociala sammansättning. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka social mixing som urban utvecklingsstrategi i Köpenhamn utifrån boendes egna upplevelser av sina bostadsområden. I Danmark definieras 29 bostadsområden som ”ghetton” utifrån kriterier rörande de boendes anknytning till arbetsmarknaden, ”icke-västliga” härkomst samt kriminalitet. Semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med 16 invånare i tre av Köpenhamns marginaliserade bostadsområden och genererat empiri kring deras erfarenheter av social mixing. Empirin samt bostadspolitiken som avser att ”skapa en bättre balans i boendesammansättningen” diskuteras mot bakgrund av tidigare forskning som anammar ett revanchistiskt alternativt emancipatoriskt förhållningssätt till social mixing och gentrifiering. Studien identifierar komplexa aspekter av social mixing; majoritetsbefolkningens än mer privilegierade ställning och ”resurssvagas” försämrade situation på bostadsmarknaden; majoritetsbefolkningens försprång i den lokala maktens rum; minoriteters upplevelser av vissa segregerade rum som fristäder; kampen om rummet när fristäderna utmanas; samt flera aspekter som försvårar möten mellan boende och gentrifierare. Alternativa förhållningssätt identifieras från de boendes berättelser. De empiriska fynden nyanserar dessutom tidigare forskning om betydelsen av ’det egna valet’ i relation till bosättning i marginaliserade bostadsområden.

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In 2020, reports were made of local opposition directed towards the development of public housing in a new residential area called Limhamns Sjöstad (Limhamn's seaside town), located in one of the most affluent districts of Malmö, Sweden. The reports of the local opposition initiated a media debate regarding the municipal housing provision and aim to promote social mixing to counteract segregation within the city. In contrast to international examples of social mixing, which tend to target only deprived areas, the Swedish policy on social mixing promotes a strategy that equally includes affluent areas. Building on prior research on the subject of social mixing, this case study of Limhamns Sjöstad aims to contribute to a scarcity of research regarding the implications of social mixing within an affluent area. With special emphasis on the local opposition, it aims to examine and explain the reactions and opposition to social mixing, connected to local ideas of who should be able to live in a place like Limhamns Sjöstad. Furthermore, how the mode of implementation and interests among different stakeholders involved have affected the development and expectations of its end result, in ways that might have contributed to the emergence of local opposition. For these purposes, the study investigates Malmö's municipal aim to promote social mixing and role of public housing, in comparison to international research. Through a document analysis, the local opposition and reactions against the social mixing in Limhamns Sjöstad are analysed with the help of theories of difference, fear of the stranger, self-segregation and NIMBYism. Additionally, complementary qualitative interviews with planning professionals provided a deeper understanding of the case and the interests of involved stakeholders. The study shows how opposition against social mixing in Limhamns Sjöstad is connected both to a demographic change and to the character of the new built environment, where local ideas of identity and status have influenced who and what is considered to fit in and belong there. Thus, the municipal strategy is perceived to inflict on local interests which are perceived to be ignored and overlooked. Furthermore, the case illustrates the ambiguity of municipal planning in private planning developments. As such, the case reveals a complexity in terms of how municipal, private and local interests come into conflict both among each other and among themselves.

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