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The Economics of Urban Diversity explores ethnic and religious minorities in urban economies. In this exciting work, the contributors develop an integrative approach to urban diversity and economy by employing concepts from different studies and linking historical and contemporary analyses of economic, societal, demographic, and cultural development. Contributors from a variety of disciplines geography, economics, history, sociology, anthropology, and planning make for a transdisciplinary analysis of past and present migration-related economic and social issues, which helps to better understand the situation of ethnic and religious minorities in metropolitan areas today.

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1. The Economies of Urban Diversity: An Introduction; Darja Reuschke, Monika Salzbrunn and Korinna Schönhärl PART I: THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL INSIGHTS 2. The Concept of Diversity in Migration and Urban Studies; Monika Salzbrunn 3. Plurality, Cosmopolitanism, and Integration: The Dangers of Comparing the Incomparable; Edhem Eldem PART II: POPULATION FLOWS AFFECTING ISTANBUL AND THE RUHR AREA 4. From Guest Worker Migration to Transmigration: The German-Turkish Migratory Movements and the Special Role of Istanbul and the Ruhr; Yunus Ulusoy 5. A Forgotten Chapter of Regional Social History: The Polish Immigrants to the Ruhr 1870-1939; Michaela Bachem-Rehm PART III: LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMES OF ETHNIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP 6. From a Multi-Ethnic Empire to Two National States: The Economic Activities of the Greek Orthodox Population of Istanbul, ca. 1870-1939; Maria Christina Chatziioannou and Dimitris Kamouzis 7. Greek Orthodox Communities and the Formation of an Urban Landscape in Late Ottoman Istanbul; Ay?e Ozil 8. The Turkish Migrant Economy in Dortmund - An Economy of Urban Diversity; Ivonne Fischer-Krapohl PART IV: RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION AND GENTRIFICATION PROCESSES 9. Residential Segregation of Turkish Migrants in the Ruhr Area - Reasons, Patterns and Policies; Darja Reuschke and Sabine Weck 10. European Istanbul and its Enemies: Istanbul´s Working Class as the Constitutive Outside of the Modern/European Istanbul; Deniz Yonucu 11. Urban Space and Gentrification in Istanbul in the Twentieth Century; Nil Uzun

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"This is a most welcome book exploring, expanding and deepening our understanding of contemporary urban complexities. Significantly, with a focus on two revealing sites, the editors have brought together a set of robust studies examining the confluence of historical trajectories, political economies, ethnicity dynamics, and transnational connections." Steven Vertovec, Director, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany

"We live in the ´urban century´. Cities are becoming hotspots of human activity. They do not develop into a uniform species, but exhibit an enormous variety in appearances, socio-economic constellations, history, population and politics. The Economies of Urban Diversity is a well documented book that maps out and highlights the above megatrends. Taking the Ruhr Area Istanbul nexus as an orientation point, it offers a great illustration of the socio-economic drivers and aspects of urban diversity in modern multi-cultural agglomerations." - Peter Nijkamp, Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

"By problematising and historicising the concept of urban diversity, this pathbreaking volume throws incisive light on major economic and social issues affecting migrants in both Istanbul and the Ruhr Area. The transdisciplinary ethos of this book, where the varying perspectives and approaches of the contributors meet editorial excellence and eloquence, makes it stand out in current debates on the situation of ethnic minorities at a time when such impressive analytical intensity is needed." - Tom Slater, Reader in Urban Geography, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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