Urban agriculture is a growing trend in cities worldwide but there is concern in the literature that urban agriculture can contribute to the phenomenon of eco-gentrification. Eco-gentrification is the process whereby the environmental improvement of a neighbourhood increases lan…
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In the 1980s the Marais neighborhood in Paris, France, became a haven for queer people, specifically gay, white men, filled with queer-owned and queer-centric businesses. By the year 2020, however, these businesses had been priced out by name-brand international corporations. In…
From 2014 to 2016, Jenn Potter ran a walking tour called Tours by Locals, leading hundreds of people through the poorest neighbourhood in Canada, Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES). This tour focused on what she described as social enterprises in the community and cost 185 per…
Gentrification is a real aspect of American life and society in most cities in the United States, and it cannot be denied that gentrification impacts human values and society to a great degree. Understanding what gentrification is, how Washington, DC (DC) is experiencing it, and…
This thesis examines how the gentrification of Denver over the last decade has unfolded across the city’s preexisting geography of class and race. Specifically, how systemic racial discrimination positioned certain neighborhoods as economically and politically vulnerable to gent…
This investigation explores the relationship between slum upgrading projects and the unleashing of gentrification dynamics through the case of the urbanization project of Villa 31-31bis. For this, the history of the villas in City of Buenos Aires in general and of Villa 31-31bis…
In response to fears of crime and decay, the University of Pennsylvania attempted, during the 1960s and 1970s, to change its environs in a way that its planners believed would be more attractive to students, faculty and staff. Under the umbrella of the West Philadelphia Corporat…
Gentrification is often considered in visual terms, where seeing an influx of coffee shops and bike lanes indicate that a neighborhood has gentrified, because it “looks” different from what was once there. Less explored, but no less important, are the musical and sonic dimension…
This thesis examines the history and legacy of Chicana/o muralism in the neighborhood of La Alma-Lincoln Park in Denver, Colorado. During the 1970s, Emanuel Martinez and community members initiated the production of public murals in the neighborhood. These distinctly Chicana/o m…
London 2012 was the 30th Olympiad, and the third time that London had hosted an Olympic Games. The rationale for hosting the Games was to undertake a large-scale regeneration of Stratford and the East London region. The research explored the experiences of community representati…
Bringing together scholarly but readable essays on the process of gentrification, this two-volume collection addresses the broad question: In what ways does gentrification affect cities, neighborhoods, and the everyday experiences of ordinary people? In this second volume of Gen…
The decline of Public Value and the paramount importance of Judicial Review protection are in some cases a lifeline to those directly affected by contemporary regeneration projects throughout the UK that leave little or no consideration for the public in the areas targeted for r…
This work examines the parallel developments of squatted social centres in Bristol, London, Milan and Rome in depth, covering the last two decades of the twentieth century. They are considered here as a by-product of the emergence of neo-liberalism. Too often studied in the pres…
This dissertation explores why Puerto Rico’s primary stakeholders’ participation in fisheries management is tokenistic at best. While participation discourses are present in Puerto Rico’s fisheries management, a parallel discourse about ‘overfishing’ and the ‘tragedy of the comm…
<P>Uniquely well suited for teaching, this innovative text-reader strengthens students' critical thinking skills, sparks classroom discussion, and also provides a comprehensive and accessible understanding of gentrification.</P>
<P>Uniquely well suited for teaching, this innovative text-reader strengthens students' critical thinking skills, sparks classroom discussion, and also provides a comprehensive and accessible understanding of gentrification.</P>
Uniquely well suited for teaching, this innovative text-reader strengthens students' critical thinking skills, sparks classroom discussion, and also provides a comprehensive and accessible understanding of gentrification.
Gentrification of the city
by Smith, Neil, Williams, Peter
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