[en] This article has two aims. Firstly, to introduce the important environmental inequality scholarship, mostly imported from the USA, in the Belgian context, where few studies have been carried out to date on this topic. Secondly, to propose an unconventional approach to environmental inequality scholarship by focusing on housing conditions as substantial environmental inequalities. On this latter premise, we based this study on the CEHD housing quality survey carried out in 2012 and 2013 in Wallonia, to test several hypotheses as regards the relationships between housing quality, poverty, and spatial differentiation – discrepancies among population and space. The results confirm most of our research hypotheses, showing important inequalities in terms of housing conditions between wealthy and poor populations, as well as between urban areas, on the one hand, and suburban and rural areas, on the other. Our findings call for new avenues and priorities for housing policies in Wallonia, and for further research on housing quality as environmental inequality: with a focus on a specific target public – single households, and on subjective perception of environmental nuisances in and surrounding home.
Research Center/Unit :
European Studies Unit Lepur : Centre de Recherche sur la Ville, le Territoire et le Milieu rural - ULiège Centre d'Etudes en Habitat Durable (C.E.H.D.)
Disciplines :
Human geography & demography Law, criminology & political science: Multidisciplinary, general & others Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...)
Author, co-author :
Lejeune, Zoé ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de science politique > Politique européenne
Xhignesse, Guillaume ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Lepur(Centre rech.sur la Ville,le Territ.et le Milieu rural)
Kryvobokov, Marko
Teller, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur A&U > Urbanisme et aménagement du territoire
Language :
Dutch
Title :
Milieuongelijkheden: een onderzoek naar de woonomstandigheden in Wallonië
Alternative titles :
[en] Environmental inequalities: an investigation through housing conditions in Wallonia
Publication date :
December 2014
Main work title :
Armoede en Sociale Uitsluiting, Jaarboek 2014
Main work alternative title :
[en] Poverty and Social Exclusion, Yearbook 2014
Publishing director :
Dierckx, Danielle
Coene, Jill
Raeymaeckers, Peter
Publisher :
Acco, Leuven, Belgium
Pages :
250-266
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Name of the research project :
Les inégalités environnementales en Wallonie : une approche politologique et territoriale (titre provisoire)
Funders :
IWEPS - Institut Wallon de l'Évaluation, de la Prospective et de la Statistique