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The role of the city in an era of migration: Do urban qualities affect levels of social cohesion? Study case: forced migrants in Weimar, Germany
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As the era of migration forms part of urban reality strong challenges facing multiculturalism are on the urban agenda. Societies, and in fact cities have become heterogeneous and the response of urban planning to it has remained with a lack of a long-term perspective. Cities concern is not limited to housing or temporary asylums, but is rather a matter of qualities that enhance positive social behaviors. Public discussion available about refugees and integration into new communities is latent and conflicts between newcomers and hosting communities are unfortunately on the daily basis. A lack of emotional connectedness and common objectives towards future good for everyone is one of the major links missing. In social research, we can termed this missing links social cohesion. Social cohesion and multiculturalism in cities is the main inter- est of this paper. In a context where sociological aspects of integration have been broadly discussed, we inquire what do the city adresses when multiculturalism appear. Can cities influence social behaviors that encourage the construction of a harmonious and peaceful societies of multiple identities which work together towards common good?. The approach of this research has been to quantify social behavior and spatial configurations related to social cohesion according to literature available. As the focus of this research is on migration and multiculturalism, the evaluation has been done among people with forced migration background (refugees), specifically in Germany due to the polemic this topic has generated between the citizens as hosting community, and the difficulties of newcomers for assessing a successful integration. Research available have recognized on one side Physical factors (spatial configuration) of social cohesion, and on the other side Non-Physical (social behavior) factors which influence social cohesion. The Non-Physical factors evaluated in this research concern sociological aspects: Social relationships, Connectedness and Orientation towards common good ...