The completion of this paper would not have transpired without the direction, assistance and/or support of members from the Department of Urban and Regional Sociology, Institute of Social Science, of the Humboldt University in Berlin, and members of my community near and far. All deserve my gratitude and appreciation, and all should know that each word of endorsement and every helpful hint were woven into the fabric of this paper.
Thanks must first be extended to my supervisors Prof. Dr. Hartmut Häußermann and Prof. Dr. Roger Keil without whose direction and encouragement, I would surely be still writing this paper. I must also thank Dr. Richard Milgrom, Dr. Matthias Bernt, Natalie Riedel Dipl. Ing., and Dr. Britta Grell, who also diligently read excerpts of this dissertation and gave me critical and challenging feedback. Further appreciated are members of the European Online Seminar on Urban Transformation, Poverty, Spatial Segregation and Social Exclusion, a subgroup of UrbEUROPE, as well as members of the International Network of Urban Research and Action – who provided me with invaluable research assistance over the years. Without them, I would not have been referred to a multitude of titles and potential resources.
I am also grateful to Rainer Telaar, who invested hours of his time helping me with translations and administrative research assistance. I must also thank Paul, Beverly, and Ron for continual interest in my work and readiness to read whatever I have written. Last, but not least, I must thank Grace and Sina Rosa who somehow got the idea into their heads that once I become a doctor, they would somhow lose their mother.
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