Housing refugees from Ukraine: preliminary insights and learnings from the local response in five European cities.

Author(s)
Yvonne Franz, Annegret Haase, Ivette Arroyo, Karlis Laksevics, Valeria Lazarenko, Bahanur Nasya, Ursula Reeger, Anika Schmidt
Abstract

The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine caused an escape of >7 million people to other European countries. In this extreme context, the accommodation of refugees has been an urgent need and an unexpected challenge for the host cities and societies. This short paper discusses insights and learnings on housing and accommodation of Ukraine war refugees at the local scale. It summarises challenges within the general management of (housing) integration, discusses related learnings from the hitherto coping mechanisms and sheds light on policy implications for the future by embedding the migration challenge of Ukrainian refugees into a wider context.

Organisation(s)
Department of Geography and Regional Research
External organisation(s)
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Lund University, University of Latvia (LU), Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)
Journal
Urban Research and Practice
Volume
17
Pages
139-145
No. of pages
7
ISSN
1753-5069
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2023.2225333
Publication date
2023
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
507001 Applied geography
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Geography, Planning and Development, Urban Studies
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/d6c3a3ab-23e9-4178-8706-2fa518e827a2