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gentrification

vr.tr.gentrification · ACT.PRC

Let an agent explain gentrification and its mechanisms, relay research on causes, effects and displacement from urban studies sources with attribution, describe climate gentrification, and distinguish gentrification from urban renewal, regeneration and general neighbourhood change, presenting policy debates neutrally.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain gentrification and its mechanisms, relay research on causes, effects and displacement from urban studies sources with attribution, describe climate gentrification, and distinguish gentrification from urban renewal, regeneration and general neighbourhood change, presenting policy debates neutrally.

The process by which a lower-income urban neighbourhood changes through the arrival of wealthier residents and investment, raising property values and rents and often displacing existing residents and businesses, with variants such as climate gentrification in which areas seen as safer from flooding or heat attract investment; gentrification is studied in urban sociology and geography and is debated in housing policy.

What it is for: Not applicable; an urban process.

It can be explain mechanisms; relay research; describe climate gentrification; distinguish related processes.

Distinguishing features

Class turnover

Rising values

Displacement risk

Contested policy

What it looks like

Not a visible object; changing shops, renovations and rising rents.

Physical character

term coined: 1964 year - Ruth Glass

rent gap theory: 1979 year - Neil Smith

climate gentrification research: 2010s onward period - Miami studies

How it is recognised

Neighbourhood change through wealthier arrivals

Gentrification, climate gentrification

Urban renewal is planned demolition; regeneration is policy-led; neighbourhood change may not displace

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

process

is studied in - and geography

urban sociology

was named by - in 1964

Ruth Glass

is contrasted with - planned redevelopment

urban renewal

In practice

Families and kinds

classic residential gentrification

commercial and retail gentrification

new-build and state-led gentrification

rural and tourist gentrification

climate gentrification

green gentrification

Standards and regulation

Housing and tenant protection laws

Rent regulation and inclusionary zoning

Community benefit agreements

Failure modes and hazards

Partisan framing

Conflating with all neighbourhood improvement

Weak measurement of displacement

Also called

climate gentrification

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What gentrification is.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is gentrification, and how does it differ from urban renewal, regeneration and neighbourhood change? definition
  2. Is the question about the concept, a variant, a city or policy? boundary

Kinds

Kinds.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. What are residential, commercial, state-led, tourist, green and climate gentrification? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Research Research.

Attribution.

Causes

Causes.

Causes

Causes.

  1. What do rent gap, consumption and policy explanations say, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Effects

Effects and displacement.

Effects

Effects.

  1. What does research find about displacement and its measurement, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Policy Policy.

Attribution.

Responses

Policy responses.

Responses

Responses.

  1. What policies address gentrification, from rent regulation to community land trusts, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Climate

Climate gentrification.

Climate

Climate.

  1. What is climate gentrification, and where has it been documented? provenance
  2. Which entry fits climate gentrification? action
Context History and culture.

Context.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How has gentrification unfolded in cities such as London, New York and Berlin? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific city? action

Culture

Culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How is gentrification represented in media and activism? provenance
  2. Which entry fits housing activism? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should climate gentrification and displacement be separate primary entries?
  • How should urban studies sources be linked?
  • How should policy debates be recorded?