Crossing Borders: Social-spatial Relations between Brussels and Flemish Brabant
This contribution discusses the moves between the Brussels municipalities and the Brussels periphery in Flemish Brabant. Even in the most recent period, mainly young families moved to the periphery, leading to an impoverishment of Brussels. This observation is not new, but the socio-economic profile...
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| description | This contribution discusses the moves between the Brussels municipalities and the Brussels periphery in Flemish Brabant. Even in the most recent period, mainly young families moved to the periphery, leading to an impoverishment of Brussels. This observation is not new, but the socio-economic profile of the movers has rarely been examined. This study does so, confirming the perception of movers having higher incomes than the Brussels average. Income variations between the destination municipalities or districts are substantial but the large majority of the movers do have work. The strong increase in the number of movers of non-Belgian origin is a notable evolution. Suburbanization is no longer a concern of middle class individuals of Belgian origin. The number of moves in the other direction is much smaller, but there exists an important commuting flow towards Brussels. This contribution highlights the work commute and the commutes in other, less documented domains: commuting to school and commuting in order to use social services. These flows also are mainly oriented towards Brussels. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-60269edffb72483796e83d9d69cd019f2025-08-20T03:56:22ZengUniversité libre de Bruxelles - ULBBrussels Studies2031-02932015-02-0110.4000/brussels.1260Crossing Borders: Social-spatial Relations between Brussels and Flemish BrabantFilip de MaesschalckTine De RijckVicky HeylenThis contribution discusses the moves between the Brussels municipalities and the Brussels periphery in Flemish Brabant. Even in the most recent period, mainly young families moved to the periphery, leading to an impoverishment of Brussels. This observation is not new, but the socio-economic profile of the movers has rarely been examined. This study does so, confirming the perception of movers having higher incomes than the Brussels average. Income variations between the destination municipalities or districts are substantial but the large majority of the movers do have work. The strong increase in the number of movers of non-Belgian origin is a notable evolution. Suburbanization is no longer a concern of middle class individuals of Belgian origin. The number of moves in the other direction is much smaller, but there exists an important commuting flow towards Brussels. This contribution highlights the work commute and the commutes in other, less documented domains: commuting to school and commuting in order to use social services. These flows also are mainly oriented towards Brussels.http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/1260metropolitan areaimmigrationmobilityurban communitypopulation |
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| title | Crossing Borders: Social-spatial Relations between Brussels and Flemish Brabant |
| title_full | Crossing Borders: Social-spatial Relations between Brussels and Flemish Brabant |
| title_fullStr | Crossing Borders: Social-spatial Relations between Brussels and Flemish Brabant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crossing Borders: Social-spatial Relations between Brussels and Flemish Brabant |
| title_short | Crossing Borders: Social-spatial Relations between Brussels and Flemish Brabant |
| title_sort | crossing borders social spatial relations between brussels and flemish brabant |
| topic | metropolitan area immigration mobility urban community population |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/1260 |
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