The Institute for multicultural issues -FORUM- has a number of people with diverse backgrounds asked to use their profession to think about integration and the city. To integration in the public-public debate is often only from an ethno-cultural perspective approached. With a publication and a debate, some new aspects explored. Central question is: what does integration in 2040 and what role Randstad will play as metropolis?

Together with Paul Diederen I have written the article Gewenste scheiding, ongewenste afscheiding for this publication. In this article we will discuss the significance of walls and fences in the city. The publication also include articles of Liesbeth van der Pol , Hans Boutellier , Frans Timmermans , Ergün Erkoçu , Sadik Harchaoui and Renée Frissen .

The book launch of Integration & the Metropolis, Prospects for 2040 is wednesday, February 16, 2011 and will take place in Het Strijkijzer, Hofwijckstraat 8 in The Hague. Subscribe to Forum

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