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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]
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 ...
[11] Gentrification is most common in urban neighborhoods, although it has also been studied in suburban and rural areas. [10] A defining feature of gentrification is the effect it has on residents. Specifically, gentrification results in the physical displacement of lower class residents by middle or upper class residents. [5]
The "poster child" for gentrification in Atlanta today is the Old Fourth Ward. Gentrification of the Ward began in the 1980s, and continued at a more rapid pace in the 21st century. New apartment and condo complexes with ground-floor retail sprung up, particularly along the BeltLine, Ponce de Leon Avenue, North Avenue, Highland Avenue and ...
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.