Micro-residential Dynamics: A Case Study of Whitechapel, London

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by  Shlomit Flint Ashery

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Shlomit Flint Ashery
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A Case Study of Whitechapel, London
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Shlomit Flint Ashery
Micro-residential Dynamics
A Case Study of Whitechapel, London
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Shlomit FlintAshery
Department ofGeography andEnvironment
BarIlan University
Ramat Gan,Israel
and
Centrefor AdvancedSpatial Analysis
(CASA)
University CollegeLondon (UCL)
London,UK
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Acknowledgements
ThisresearchwascarriedoutunderaMarieCurieFellowshipPIEF-GA-2012-328820
while based at Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) University College
London (UCL), supervised by Prof. Michael Batty. The writing up has been sup-
ported by The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) grant Survey of
London: Whitechapel Initiative, based in the Bartlett School of Architecture and
CASA,UniversityCollegeLondon(R24AH/N00146X/1).
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 The Research Area of Whitechapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2 Whitechapel’s Population Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3 Evaluation of Whitechapel’s Space-Time Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3.1 Field Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3.2 Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.3.3 Geo-Referencing and Data Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4 Comparing Between 2011 Census and the Independent
Field Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.4.1 Office for National Statistics Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.4.2 The 2001 Census. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.4.3 The 2011 Census. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.4.4 The Differences Between 2011 Census Data
and the Field Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.5 Estimation of Residential Segregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.6 Whitechapel’s Residential Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.7 Neighbourhood’s Level Residential Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Part I Private Realm
2 Horizontal Examination: Micro-segregation Mechanism
in the Diverse Area of Whitechapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.1 Inter-group Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.1.1 Micro-segregation Mechanism: Entering Stage . . . . . . . . . 27
2.1.2 Micro-segregation mechanism: Turnover Stage . . . . . . . . . 28
2.2 Intra-group Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.3 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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3 Vertical Examination of Residential Patterns in Whitechapel. . . . . . 35
3.1 Historical Background to Vertical Differentiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.2 Construction of Whitechapel’s Vertical GIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.3 Vertical Pattern in the Individual Building Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.4 The Influence of the Economic Factor on the Vertical Pattern. . . . 40
3.5 Inter-building Vertical Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.6 Inter-floor Vertical Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.7 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4 Private and Community Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.1 The Role of Community Housing in Generating Nests
of Residualisation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.1.1 Whitechapel’s Community Sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.1.2 Networks and Residential Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.1.3 The Informal Generator: Subletting of Social Housing. . . . 58
4.1.4 Import of Practices: Informal Wall Insulation
and Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.1.5 Informal Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4.2 Non-economic Over-Density in Private and Community Flats. . . . 60
4.2.1 Over-Density in the Individual Building Level . . . . . . . . . 62
4.2.2 Discussion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5 Effects of Identity and Belonging on Residential Experiences,
Perceptions and Practices of the Undocumented Population
in Whitechapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5.1 Problems in Evaluating Residential Dynamics of UK
Undocumented Populations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.2 Construction of Whitechapel’s Undocumented Residents’
Housing Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
5.3 Networks and Residential Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5.4 Inter Building Residential Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
5.5 The Effect of Community Status on Residential Choices. . . . . . . . 83
5.6 How Does the Community’s Status Affects the Undocumented
Individuals’ Residential Conditions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
5.7 The Latent Effects of Undocumented Migrants
on the Consumption of Public Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
5.8 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Part II Public Realm
6 Whitechapel Road: Between Group Behaviour and Planning
Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
6.1 Ramifications of ‘Non-decision Making’ for Neighbourhoods
Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6.2 The Case Study of Whitechapel Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
6.3 Construction of Whitechapel Road’s GIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
6.4 The Relationship Between the Civil-Society
and the Municipality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
6.5 The Effects of an Organisation in Housing: Group Behaviour
of the Sylheti Community. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6.6 Mixing Public and Private Usages in the Street Level. . . . . . . . . . 108
6.7 The Potential for Non-decision-Making: Natural Dynamic
for Inaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
6.8 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Summary and Conclusion ... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 115
Appendix. .... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 119
Ethical Issues.. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 123
Bibliography .. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 129