Super diverse streets: Economies and spaces of migration in four city streets

The project data comprise socio-economic surveys of street proprietors, data visualisation of the surveys and additional spatial mappings, and focus group workshops. The first phase of this project incorporates qualitative, face-to-face surveys conducted in 2015, on Rookery Road (Birmingham); Stapleton Road (Bristol); Narborough Road (Leicester); and Cheetham Hill (Manchester). In total, the face-to-face surveys across four streets incorporate 910 units, 596 retail units, 68 vacant units, and 351 surveyed proprietors. The survey focuses on: when, how and why migrant proprietors arrive on these specific streets; the type and duration of shop activity; whether proprietors live locally; whether local and global networks are integral to economic activity; and the types of skill sets proprietors have, such as language, qualification, work experience and additional business interests. Data visualisations were then developed to highlight relationships between key data, and additional drawings were made to highlight the spatial composition of the street. The Phase 1 survey of these four streets was conducted by Suzanne Hall, Robin Finlay and Julia King. The second phase in 2016, conducted with Social Life, incorporates data on scoping discussions and focus group workshops on Rookery Road (Birmingham) and Narborough Road (Leicester) with proprietors, local interest groups, representative and elected leaders and local authorities. The focus group discussions included how traders and local businesses impact on the changing city, both through how people organise themselves economically and collectively beyond their own personal lives, and how they negotiate with the city around them. <p>The ‘Super-diverse streets’ project is an ESRC-funded exploration of the intersections between city streets, global migration and urban marginalisation. The research is a comparative analysis across UK cities and aims to examine the economic and social life of high streets, and how urban retail economies and spaces are shaped by and shape urban migration. The four high streets include: Rookery Road (Birmingham); Stapleton Road (Bristol); Narborough Road (Leicester); and Cheetham Hill (Manchester). Each street is selected for its location in an ethnically diverse as well as comparatively deprived urban locale, to engage with what kinds of street economies emerge in places where jobs are hard to come by, and the impacts of historic state under investment are hard-felt. Furthermore, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester and Manchester are amongst UK cities that have the highest percentage of ‘country of birth’ citizens from outside of the UK, after London. The research is widely disseminated through the ‘Super-diverse Streets’ project website with mappings and visualisations and concise reports as well as a You Tube video on ‘Migrant Streets’ and a Royal Geographical Society educational podcast on ‘Diverse Places and Ordinary Streets'. Publications include journal articles and book chapters, and a research monograph is planned. </p>

本项目数据集包含针对街头商户的社会经济调查、调查数据可视化成果与附加空间制图，以及焦点小组研讨会资料。本项目第一阶段工作涵盖2015年于四条街道开展的定性面对面调查，分别为伯明翰的鲁克里路（Rookery Road）、布里斯托尔的斯台普顿路（Stapleton Road）、莱斯特的纳伯勒路（Narborough Road）以及曼彻斯特的奇塔姆希尔（Cheetham Hill）。本次覆盖四条街道的面对面调查共计纳入910个调研单元，其中包含596个零售商铺、68个空置单元，以及351名受访商户。本次调查聚焦以下主题：移民商户抵达这些特定街道的时间、方式与动因；商铺经营的类型与时长；商户是否在本地居住；本地与全球网络是否为经济活动的核心支撑；以及商户具备的各类技能储备，例如语言能力、资质证书、工作经验与额外经营业务。后续团队开发了数据可视化成果以凸显关键数据间的关联，并绘制了附加图纸以展示街道的空间构成。这四条街道的第一阶段调研由苏珊娜·霍尔（Suzanne Hall）、罗宾·芬利（Robin Finlay）与朱莉娅·金（Julia King）共同完成。2016年开展的第二阶段工作与Social Life机构合作完成，该阶段数据涵盖针对伯明翰鲁克里路与莱斯特纳伯勒路的商户、本地利益团体、代表与民选领袖以及地方政府开展的范围界定讨论与焦点小组研讨会资料。焦点小组讨论内容包括：商户与本地企业如何通过自身经济组织与集体协作（超越个人生活范畴）影响城市变迁，以及他们如何与周边城市环境开展协商。“超级多元街道”（Super-diverse Streets）项目是由经济和社会研究理事会（Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC）资助的研究，旨在探索城市街道、全球移民与城市边缘化之间的交叉关联。本研究以英国各城市为对象开展比较分析，旨在检视商业街的经济与社会生活，以及城市零售经济与空间如何被城市移民塑造并反过来塑造城市移民。本次研究选取的四条商业街为：鲁克里路（Rookery Road）、斯台普顿路（Stapleton Road）、纳伯勒路（Narborough Road）与奇塔姆希尔（Cheetham Hill）。每条街道均选自族裔多元且相对贫困的城区，以探究在就业机会匮乏、历史国家投入不足的负面影响凸显的地区，会形成何种类型的街道经济。此外，伯明翰、布里斯托尔、莱斯特与曼彻斯特均为英国除伦敦外，出生于海外的公民占比最高的城市。本研究成果通过“超级多元街道”项目官网广泛传播，包含各类制图与可视化成果、精简报告，以及一则题为“移民街道”的YouTube视频，与一篇题为“多元地域与普通街道”的英国皇家地理学会（Royal Geographical Society）教育播客。研究成果包括期刊论文与图书章节，另有一本学术专著待出版。