Since its open-door policy for welcoming asylum seekers in 2015, Germany has experienced a resurgence of anti-immigrant sentiments and a backlash against the safeguarding of human rights. Such perceptions of asylum seekers and their accommodation are shaped in urban neighborhoods, where street-level bureaucrats try steering such perceptions. While much literature has discussed how immigrant affairs departments promote intercultural encounter or acceptance of diversity, we know relatively little so far if and when urban planners steer perceptions of migration-related diversity. Yet, urban planners work closely with residents in urban regeneration programs and were confronted with residents’ anxieties about the potential impact of the asylum seeker accommodation when large reception centers were opened in 2015. The article aims to fill a gap in the literature. Based on two in-depth case studies it shows how structural contexts inform whether urban planners span disciplinary boundaries and act as broker between residents and the state in order to steer perceptions of asylum seeker accommodations. The article is based on field research and qualitative interviews in two large German cities. The article contributes to literatures on perceptions of migration and diversity, urban planning and urban regeneration, street-level bureaucracy, boundary spanning and brokerage.

自 2015 年开放欢迎寻求庇护者的政策以来，德国经历了反移民情绪的回潮和对维护人权的强烈抵制。对寻求庇护者及其住宿的这种看法是在城市社区形成的，街头官僚试图引导这种看法。虽然很多文献都讨论了移民事务部门如何促进跨文化接触或对多样性的接受，但到目前为止，我们对城市规划者是否以及何时引导对与移民相关的多样性的看法知之甚少。然而，城市规划者在城市更新计划中与居民密切合作，并在 2015 年大型接待中心开放时面临着居民对寻求庇护者住宿的潜在影响的担忧。本文旨在填补文献中的空白。基于两个深入的案例研究，它展示了结构背景如何告知城市规划者是否跨越学科界限并充当居民与国家之间的经纪人，以引导对寻求庇护者住宿的看法。文章基于对德国两个大城市的实地研究和定性访谈。这篇文章对关于移民和多样性的看法、城市规划和城市更新、街道官僚机构、边界跨越和中介的文献做出了贡献。文章基于对德国两个大城市的实地研究和定性访谈。这篇文章对关于移民和多样性的看法、城市规划和城市更新、街道官僚机构、边界跨越和中介的文献做出了贡献。文章基于对德国两个大城市的实地研究和定性访谈。这篇文章对关于移民和多样性的看法、城市规划和城市更新、街道官僚机构、边界跨越和中介的文献做出了贡献。