What are the consequences of transnationalism for ethnic communities?
Recent developments in transport and telecommunication networks has enabled (ethnic) communities to be more and more detached from space; a trend dubbed ‘heterolocalism’ by Zelinsky & Lee. In other words, it is much easier than in the past to form ‘communities without community’. A specific form of ‘heterolocalism’ is transnationalism, which refers to to occupations and activities that require regular and sustained social contacts over time across national borders for their implementation. The question is what the effect is of transnationalism on ethnic communities as well as on individual housing and locational choices. • What are the consequences of ethnic concentration? Most papers on residential segregation offer descriptions and explanations of residential segregation patterns, but there is much less attention for the consequences of residential concentration. Many studies on neighbourhood effects have been published during the last two decades, but almost all of them focus on the
