ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author examines the forces that lead to segregation and indirectly influence the processes of deprivation and decay in urban neighbourhoods. A more precise definition of social segregation could then be that segregation is a spatial separation of ethnic or socially different groups leading to increasing social or cultural differences between these groups. The author argues that segregation is not a simple result of social inequality, but of the interaction between social and spatial processes that simultaneously create both social and spatial inequality. The new focus on marginalised groups in society has influenced segregation studies, especially those dealing with the spatial concentration of poverty and deprivation. The author also focuses on how segregation and urban decay affect each other. He attempts to assess the pattern of social segregation in Greater Copenhagen and to some extent evaluates the relevance of the classic model.
