Stockholm must put an end to segregation

Sweden's capital Stockholm is widely regarded as one of the most segregated cities in Europe as far as ethnicity and income are concerned. The daily Dagens Nyheter calls for a new approach to urban planning: "By joining the suburbs and allowing the inner city to expand it would be possible to create an attractive urban milieu that could counteract the effects of segregation to the benefit of all Stockholmers. There seems to be a sort of cut and dried idea that segregation is first and foremost the problem of the suburbs. But in contrast to cities like London or urban districts like Manhattan where people of mixed ethnicity and social background live side by side, Stockholm's inner city has developed into an ethnically-cleansed enclave for a wealthy elite. That makes Stockholm a boring, provincial one-track city. ... If Stockholm wants to become a true metropolis, segregation must come to an end."

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