REZIDENCIJALNA SEGREGACIJA I NEJEDNAKOSTI U UVJETIMA ŽIVLJENJA
RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION AND INEQUALITIES IN LIVING CONDITIONS

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the connection between residential segregation in urban areas and the differences that occur between socially segregated parts of the city with regard to living conditions. Living conditions are defi ned by the indicators of residential and ecological conditions (amount of square metres of area for satisfying the different needs of the population as well as the ecological conditions of the surroundings). This analysis indicates that a socially segregated city essentially infl uences living conditions. The inhabitants of lower social segregated parts live in worse conditions compared with the population from higher social types that live in better conditions. (The city was divided into fi ve types of socially segregated zones as follows: „Slum“, „Semi-slum“, „Standard type“, „Semi-elite type“and „Elite type“). This causes a more intensive exploitation of the lower social strata. Therefore, the planning process should be differentially oriented towards the gentrifi cation of the city. The relation between segregation and the differentiation in living conditions is not, however, complete with the impact of the fi rst on the second one, but is the reverse as well. The quality of living condition has an important impact on the social segregation of the city. This is because the different social strata of population, due to differences in the possibility of choice, can or cannot choose a part of the city with regard to its quality.

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