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2. Moving beyond Marcuse: Gentrification, displacement and the violence of un-homing.
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Elliott-Cooper, Adam, Hubbard, Phil, and Lees, Loretta
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GENTRIFICATION ,VIOLENCE ,SOCIAL marginality ,URBAN geography ,EVICTION ,VIOLENCE against women - Abstract
Displacement has become one of the most prominent themes in contemporary geographical debates, used to describe processes of dispossession and forced eviction at a diverse range of scales. Given its frequent deployment in studies describing the consequences of gentrification, this paper seeks to better define and conceptualise displacement as a process of un-homing, noting that while gentrification can prompt processes of eviction, expulsion and exclusion operating at different scales and speeds, it always ruptures the connection between people and place. On this basis – and recognising displacement as a form of violence – this paper concludes that the diverse scales and temporalities of displacement need to be better elucidated so that their negative emotional, psychosocial and material impacts can be more fully documented, and resisted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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3. From eviction to evicting: Rethinking the technologies, lives and power sustaining displacement.
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Baker, Alexander
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EVICTION ,STATE power ,CROSS-cultural differences - Abstract
An unnamed shift has occurred in geographies of eviction. While past research focused on the causes and effects of eviction in political economy, state power, and cultural difference, emerging work emphasises the subjective experience and sustaining practices of eviction as it happens. This paper makes the case for this turn away from causes and outcomes of 'eviction', and towards 'evicting' as a set of material technologies and practices that sustain displacement, and explores the implications of such a shift. Research into lived durations of eviction, evicting technologies, and eviction enforcement agencies opens up new conceptual and political fields of intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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4. Generating a critical dialogue on gentrification in Latin America.
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Díaz-Parra, Ibán
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GENTRIFICATION ,CULTURAL imperialism ,LATIN American studies ,POLITICAL debates - Abstract
Studies on gentrification in Latin America currently face two main obstacles. On the one hand, there appears to be a refusal by the academy in Latin America to use the term, regarding it as an expression of cultural imperialism. On the other hand, there has been an excessively flexible and ambiguous use of the term, obscuring political and scholarly debates on the issue. Both obstacles are partly a consequence of the lack of dialogue between the different authors in the field. This article generates a critical dialogue with the most relevant works and researchers on gentrification in Latin America, as well as with those scholars reluctant to use the term. Specifically, the author advocates for a more restrictive and clarifying definition of the phenomena and defends the utility of the concept as a tool to promote the critical analysis of the specific processes in many Latin American cities, as well as in cities outside the region. The paper concludes that, even though it should not be the main political concern for urban researchers in the region, gentrification is a relevant ongoing process in some Latin American cities and its study would contribute to a better comprehension of recent processes of urban restructuring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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5. Other geographies of gentrification.
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Phillips, Martin
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GENTRIFICATION ,SOCIAL epistemology ,GEOGRAPHY ,URBAN renewal - Abstract
This paper considers recent pleas for a 'geography of gentrification', arguing that they have been very urban in focus and often enact what, following Soja (1996), might be described as `firstspace epistemology'. The paper identifies traces of other, secondspace and thirdspace geographies of gentrification. It is argued that these geographies may not be fully commensurable with each other but that they each may have some commensurability with rural as well as the urban spatialities. The paper goes on to explore these arguments in relation to studies of gentrification of the British countryside, focusing particularly on gentrification in rural Norfolk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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6. How well do we know green gentrification? A systematic review of the methods.
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Quinton, Jessica, Nesbitt, Lorien, and Sax, Daniel
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ENVIRONMENTAL gentrification ,ENVIRONMENTAL justice - Abstract
This systematic literature review identifies and critiques methodological trends in green gentrification research (focusing on studies of vegetative greening) and provides suggestions for advancing this field. Findings reveal (1) research has largely focused on U.S. case studies; (2) early work employed qualitative methods but quantitative analyses have become more common; (3) little attention has been paid to the influence of greening characteristics/functions and non-greening factors on gentrification; (4) the mechanisms through which greening leads to gentrification are not well understood, particularly on the demand side; and (5) despite being the main concern of green gentrification, displacement has not been well-documented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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7. The geography of gentrification: Thinking through comparative urbanism.
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Lees, Loretta
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CITIES & towns ,URBAN planning ,HUMAN geography ,GENTRIFICATION ,URBAN renewal - Abstract
This paper revisits the ‘geography of gentrification’ thinking through the literature on comparative urbanism. I argue that 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 travelled from the Global North to the Global South. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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8. Elite capture and urban geography: Analyzing geographies of privilege.
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Lauermann, John and Mallak, Khouloud
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URBAN geography ,ELITE (Social sciences) ,SCHOLARLY method ,CITIES & towns ,GENTRIFICATION ,GEOGRAPHY - Abstract
Many cities have a two-tiered system for governing land: one set of rules for most people, and a different set for elite investors, large developers, and others who can bend, circumvent, or lobby against the rules. This reflects elite capture of urban institutions, as institutions are subverted to benefit special interests. We argue elite capture plays a systemic role in 21st century urban political economy. We review recent scholarship on four kinds of elite capture practices—rent seeking, opportunity hoarding, exploiting loopholes, and co-opting participatory planning—and illustrate them with a discussion of recent gentrification research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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9. Animals and urban gentrification: Displacement and injustice in the trans-species city.
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Hubbard, Phil and Brooks, Andrew
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GENTRIFICATION ,URBAN animals ,INTERPERSONAL relations - Abstract
Urban gentrification debates are essentially anthropocentric, ignoring how the presence of animals at the gentrification frontier can promote or oppose capital accumulation. By way of corrective, this article reviews geographical work on the relations of human and non-human animals in gentrifying neighbourhoods, arguing for a trans-species perspective on urban gentrification that considers the different ways animals are caught up in gentrification struggles. Noting that gentrification sometimes involves the violent and unjust displacement of non-human animals, the article concludes by arguing that anti-gentrification discourse might usefully place more emphasis on the animal 'right to the city'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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10. W.E.B. Du Bois and the urban political economy tradition in geography.
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Hackworth, Jason
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URBAN geography ,GENTRIFICATION ,GEOGRAPHY ,NEOLIBERALISM - Abstract
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois's considerable contributions were actively diminished during his life and remain marginal in geography. This is unfortunate for urban geography, particularly its political economy wing, because his empirical and theoretical work offer an illuminating internal critique of modern debates in the field. This review essay attempts to initiate a wider dialogue about the potential value of Du Bois to the influential urban political economy paradigm in geography. Specifically, I adapt and apply Du Boisian definitions of racism to two literatures: the rise of neoliberalism and the significance of gentrification in Black spaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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11. Modelling urban change with cellular automata: Contemporary issues and future research directions.
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Liu, Yan, Batty, Michael, Wang, Siqin, and Corcoran, Jonathan
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GENTRIFICATION ,CELLULAR automata ,URBAN land use ,CITIES & towns ,URBAN growth ,URBAN decline - Abstract
The study of land use change in urban and regional systems has been dramatically transformed in the last four decades by the emergence and application of cellular automata (CA) models. CA models simulate urban land use changes which evolve from the bottom-up. Despite notable achievements in this field, there remain significant gaps between urban processes simulated in CA models and the actual dynamics of evolving urban systems. This article identifies contemporary issues faced in developing urban CA models and draws on this evidence to map out four interrelated thematic areas that require concerted attention by the wider CA urban modelling community. These are: (1) to build models that comprehensively capture the multi-dimensional processes of urban change, including urban regeneration, densification and gentrification, in-fill development, as well as urban shrinkage and vertical urban growth; (2) to establish models that incorporate individual human decision behaviours into the CA analytic framework; (3) to draw on emergent sources of 'big data' to calibrate and validate urban CA models and to capture the role of human actors and their impact on urban change dynamics; and (4) to strengthen theory-based CA models that comprehensively explain urban change mechanisms and dynamics. We conclude by advocating cellular automata that embed agent-based models and big data input as the most promising analytical framework through which we can enhance our understanding and planning of the contemporary urban change dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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12. Drunk and Disorderly: Alcohol, Urban Life and Public Space
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Sarah L. Holloway, Mark Jayne, and Gill Valentine
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Economic growth ,05 social sciences ,Geography, Planning and Development ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,0507 social and economic geography ,021107 urban & regional planning ,02 engineering and technology ,Gentrification ,Social relation ,Corporatization ,Politics ,Economic restructuring ,Public space ,Urban planning ,Political economy ,Sociology ,050703 geography ,Social control - Abstract
This paper shows that, despite receiving significant attention, the relationship between alcohol, drunkenness and public space has been undertheorized. We show that where drinking has been considered it has generally been as a peripheral concern of political-economy accounts that have sought to conceptualize the development of the modern city, or more recently the impact of global economic restructuring on urban life and public space. Moreover, such work has posited the relationship between drinking and the political, economic, social, cultural and spatial practices and processes bound up with, for example, social control in modern city or with contemporary gentrification, corporatization, fragmentation and regulation of the night-time economy, public space and revanchist urban policy in very general terms. While drawing on evidence from around the world, this paper focuses on the UK and highlights the need for a research agenda underpinned by a more specific consideration of urban drinking. We suggest that such a project must seek to unpack the connections and differences between supranational, national, regional and local drinking practices and related issues, and in particular pursue a more nuanced understanding of the social relations and cultural practices associated with the emergence of particular kinds of urban drinking spaces.
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- 2006
13. Generating a critical dialogue on gentrification in Latin America
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Ibán Díaz-Parra
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Latin Americans ,Political science ,Political economy ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Face (sociological concept) ,Cultural imperialism ,Gentrification ,Term (time) - Abstract
Studies on gentrification in Latin America currently face two main obstacles. On the one hand, there appears to be a refusal by the academy in Latin America to use the term, regarding it as an expression of cultural imperialism. On the other hand, there has been an excessively flexible and ambiguous use of the term, obscuring political and scholarly debates on the issue. Both obstacles are partly a consequence of the lack of dialogue between the different authors in the field. This article generates a critical dialogue with the most relevant works and researchers on gentrification in Latin America, as well as with those scholars reluctant to use the term. Specifically, the author advocates for a more restrictive and clarifying definition of the phenomena and defends the utility of the concept as a tool to promote the critical analysis of the specific processes in many Latin American cities, as well as in cities outside the region. The paper concludes that, even though it should not be the main political concern for urban researchers in the region, gentrification is a relevant ongoing process in some Latin American cities and its study would contribute to a better comprehension of recent processes of urban restructuring.
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- 2020
14. From eviction to evicting: Rethinking the technologies, lives and power sustaining displacement
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Baker, A.
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Power (social and political) ,Eviction ,Work (electrical) ,State (polity) ,Political science ,Political economy ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Gentrification ,Displacement (linguistics) ,media_common - Abstract
An unnamed shift has occurred in geographies of eviction. While past research focused on the causes and effects of eviction in political economy, state power, and cultural difference, emerging work emphasises the subjective experience and sustaining practices of eviction as it happens. This paper makes the case for this turn away from causes and outcomes of ‘eviction’, and towards ‘evicting’ as a set of material technologies and practices that sustain displacement, and explores the implications of such a shift. Research into lived durations of eviction, evicting technologies, and eviction enforcement agencies opens up new conceptual and political fields of intervention.
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- 2020
15. The geography of gentrification
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Loretta Lees
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Geography, Planning and Development ,Global South ,Urban policy ,Sociology ,Economic geography ,Gentrification ,Urbanism - Abstract
This paper revisits the ‘geography of gentrification’ thinking through the literature on comparative urbanism. I argue that 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 travelled from the Global North to the Global South.
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- 2011
16. Gentrification/The Gentrification Reader.
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Shaw, Kate
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GENTRIFICATION ,NONFICTION - Abstract
The article reviews the books "Gentrification" and "The Gentrification Reader," by Loretta Lees, Tom Slater, and Elvin K. Wyly.
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- 2011
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17. Gentrification as a research frontier
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van Weesep, Jan
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GENTRIFICATION ,GEOGRAPHY - Published
- 1994
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