This article explores how the architecture of neighbourhoods influences interethnic tensions in ethnically diverse neighbourhoods. We found that people of Dutch descent living in apartments in four storey walk-ups in ethnically diverse innercity neighbourhoods seem less likely to feel threatened by ethnic diversity than people living in in similarly diverse suburbs characterized by larger housing blocks featuring inner courtyards and galleries. Further analysis reveals that the residents of these suburbs share various types of semi-public spaces and have competing interests in using them, whereas the residents of inner-city neighbourhoods share fewer semi-public spaces and therefore have more scope to choose when and how to engage in interethnic contact with other residents. We also explore residents’ housing histories and examine differences between people who either have more negative or more positive views on diversity with regard to their active participation in various organizations. This last piece of the puzzle will be used to analyse the potential for both negative and positive messages about ethnic diversity to spread. Based on the empirical findings, we will formulate some building blocks that can help to further explain the level of perceived ethnic tensions in ethnically diverse neighbourhoods.

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居住区建筑如何扩大或缓和种族多样化社区中的族裔张力

本文探讨了邻里的建筑如何影响族裔多元化邻里的族裔紧张关系。我们发现，居住在具有种族差异的郊区居民区的四层步行公寓中的荷兰裔居民似乎比受到居住在以内部庭院和画廊为特色的较大住房区的具有类似多样性的郊区居民受到种族多样性威胁的可能性较小。进一步的分析表明，这些郊区的居民共享各种类型的半公共空间，并且在使用它们方面存在利益竞争，而内城区的居民共享的半公共空间更少，因此有更多的空间来选择何时以及如何选择。与其他居民进行族裔接触。我们还探讨了居民的住房历史，并研究了在积极参与各种组织方面对多样性持消极或积极态度的人们之间的差异。最后的难题将用于分析有关种族多样性的消极和正面信息传播的可能性。基于实证研究结果，我们将制定一些构建基块，以帮助进一步解释在不同种族的社区中感知到的种族紧张程度。