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Gentrification is marked by changing demographics and, thus changing social order and norms. In some cases, when affluent households move into a working-class community of residents (often primarily Black or Latino communities), the new residents' different perceptions of acceptable neighborhood behavior and cultural activity of pre-existing residents may be in conflict with the established ...
Environmental gentrification is commonly understood as the process in which urban green space improvements lead to the displacement of lower-income communities, although the exact definition remains a topic of debate. [10] Green gentrification is closely related to urban planning and climate mitigation efforts.
Gentrification often increases the economic value of a neighborhood, but can be controversial due to changing demographic composition and potential displacement of incumbent residents. [1] Gentrification is more likely when there is an undersupply of housing and rising home values in a metropolitan area. [5]
Miami-Dade County is home to nearly 550 areas with a high displacement risk because of gentrification | Opinion
The anti-gentrification meetings were launched in January and have attracted concerned community members, local candidates running for office, activists and the curious and concerned.
Displacement may be direct, for example in cases where low-income residents are forced to leave their homes and communities, or indirect, for example when renewal is a catalyst for gentrification and/or housing prices rise such that they no longer affordable to low-income residents. Indirect displacement can also result from the interplay of ...
We shouldn't let government pick and choose who is going to live in Louisville's neighborhoods. It's a free market.
Neil Smith, "Gentrification and the rent gap", in Annals of the Association of American Geographers 77:3 (1987), 462-465. Neil Smith, "Toward a Theory of Gentrification: A Back to the City Movement by Capital, not People", in Journal of the American Planning Association 45:4 (1979), 538-548.