The economic restructuring of cities and the stability of socially mixed neighbourhoods are closely related to gentrification. The debate reveals current shifts in theoretical approaches to urban geography. The complexity, the contextuality
, the characteristics and the effects of gentrification are elucidated.
Europe ; Gentrification ; Housing ; Inter-disciplinary approach ; North America ; Social class ; Urban change ; Urban geography
The gentrification of urban areas has accelerated across the globe in recent years to become a central force in urban change. This text is international in scope and interdisciplinary in approach. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from Europe
and North America, it show how gentrification has grown from a small urban process, pioneered by a liberal new middle class, to become a mass-produced gentrification blueprint applied around the world. Seven chapters trace the emergence of gentrification
The geography of gentrification. Thinking through comparative urbanism
Gentrification ; Neo liberalism ; Post-colonialism ; Research ; Urban policy ; Urbanism ; World
The paper revisits the geography of gentrification thinking through the literature on comparative urbanism. Given the mega-gentrification affecting many cities in the Global South, gentrification researchers need to adopt a postcolonial approach
taking on board critiques around developmentalism, categorization and universalism. In addition they need to draw on recent work on the mobilities and assemblages of urban policies/policy-making in order to explore if, and how, gentrification has
A new look at gentrification : 2. A model of gentrification
Decision ; Gentrification ; Habitability ; Housing ; Housing improvement ; Investment ; Model ; Modernization ; Urban district
The model proposed is based on the notion that gentrification closes a gap between the flow of housing services fixed in a particular vintage of the housing stock and those available from the most modern properties. This gap is not a rent gap
, but an investment gap. Gentrification appears as a problem of maximisation under constraint and a subsubset of general home improvements. The A. concentrates on the supply side issues, and denies that the demand-side issues can be handled via explanations based
Gentrification : a review of research in western countries and future research on Japanese cities
Developed countries ; Gentrification ; Research ; Social change ; Urban district ; Urban society ; World
The article begins with a review of the literature concerned with social effects of gentrification. The A. treats with five theoretical issues, which are institutions, stage models, rent-gap theory, the new middle class, and marginal gentrifiers
L'incerto stato della gentrification. Un sommario della letteratura
Gentrification ; Public policy ; Research ; Research technique ; Urban area ; Urban geography ; Urban society
Concepts, theories and methodological approaches are reviewed in order to show the changing state of gentrification over the last decades. Four points of view are adopted.
Of yuppies and housing : gentrification, social restructuring, and the urban dream
Classe moyenne ; Classe sociale ; Concept ; Gentrification ; Géographie humaine ; Mobilité professionnelle ; Promotion sociale ; Restructuration sociale ; Sociologie urbaine ; Structure urbaine ; Ville
Les nouvelles classes moyennes, les femmes et la gentrification. Le paysage urbain comme objet de consommation. Théorie de l'évolution de la ville dans une société post-industrielle de consommation.
Life on the upslope : the post modern landscape of gentrification
British Columbia ; Canada ; Gentrification ; Géographie humaine ; Paysage post moderne ; Urbanisme ; Vancouver ; Ville
La société postmoderne et les paysages urbains qui lui sont associés à travers la publicité immobilière pour le quartier rénové de Fairview Slopes à Vancouver, Colombie britannique. Gentrification et image d'un mode de vie urbain nouveau style
Employment, feminisation, and gentrification in London, 1981-93
Employment ; England ; Family structure ; Gentrification ; Investment ; London ; Social class ; Social geography ; United Kingdom ; Woman
The A. that gentrification is rooted in employment restructuring. The impact of two important aspects of restructuring in London are explored, casualisation and feminisation of employment, and it is concluded that feminisation of professional
employment has as yet had only a marginal impact on gentrification, whereas casualisation of professional employment has been an important influence. Survey data from two London boroughs are presented in support of the argument.
Arab city ; Europeans ; Gentrification ; Marrakesh ; Medina ; Morocco ; Planning ; Town ; Urban planning ; Urban renewal ; Urban settlement
Durant la dernière décennie s'est développé sous l'impulsion de résidents étrangers un processus de rénovation dans beaucoup de vieilles villes du Maghreb : la gentrification. L'A. étudie plus particulièrement la médina de Marrakech, dont l'image de
Die Wiederkehr der Innenstädte. Sur Rolle von Kultur, Kapital und Konsum in der Gentrification
Le retour du centre-ville. Le rôle de la culture, du capital et de la consommation dans le processus de gentrification
Behaviour ; Capital ; Consumption ; Cultural studies ; Gentrification ; Inner city ; Urban geography ; Urban theory
Depuis les années 70, le mouvement de retour vers la ville a suscité de nombreux débats sur les causes et les conséquences de la gentrification. Les recherches récentes, qui considèrent simultanément le capital et la culture, offrent des aperçus
théoriques intéressants au débat sur la gentrification. L'A. expose le débat sur la gentrification et plaide pour une géographie urbaine renouvelée. - (D. Rouvière).
Early gentrification and the public realm : a case study of West End in Brisbane, Australia
Activism ; Australia ; Community ; Gentrification ; Inner city ; Neighbourhood ; Public space ; Queensland ; Real estate development ; Social geography ; Social mix ; Urban policy ; Zoning
This article examines early gentrification and the public realm through a case study of West End in Brisbane, Australia. It is argued that early gentrification, because of the change it brings, has been consistent with the maintenance and protection
, these neighbourhoods are worth protecting from the parochialising effects of insensitive developer-led ‘second-wave’ gentrification.
The aim of this study is to identify and explain instances of gentrification in a metropolitan area of a peripheral capitalist country. The first theme is an exploration of gentrification as a process ultimately driven by globalization. It does
is a contextualization of the process. It may occur in cities of peripheral as well as advanced capitalist countries. The aim is to clarify the contextual variations that emerge in the local and broader setting in the course of gentrification . - (AGD)
Gentrification as consumption : issues of class and gender
Centre-ville ; Changement social ; Classe sociale ; Concept ; Consommation ; Gentrification ; Investissement ; Logement ; Mode de vie ; Pratique culturelle
Tente d'élucider ce que recouvre le terme de gentrification, l'action collective des individus et le développement de la logique du capital. Les deux processus ont peu d'interactions. L'A. s'attache aux caractéristiques socio-professionnelles des
The gentrification of paradise : St. John's Antigua
Antigua et Barbuda ; Economie urbaine ; Gentrification ; Image de la ville ; Logement ; Paysage urbain ; Port ; Projet ; Rénovation urbaine ; Société urbaine ; St. John's ; Ville
L'A. essaie d'expliquer le concept de gentrification sur le plan général, et se place dans le contexte historique de la capitale d'Antigua et Barbuda. Il montre les similitudes avec les pays développés.