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Gentrifiers Settling Down? Patterns and Trends of Residential Location of Middle-Class Families in Amsterdam.
- Source :
- Housing Studies; Sep2010, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p693-714, 22p, 8 Charts, 1 Graph, 3 Maps
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Based on data for Amsterdam, the Netherlands, this paper presents new evidence of a strong increase in the number of middle-class families in the city. By presenting the spatial patterns and trends of middle-class families in selected Amsterdam neighbourhoods, the paper shows that central neighbourhoods in particular attract middle-class families. In addition, new-build areas, both central and peripheral, offer a residential environment for middle-class families as a compromise between inner city and suburb. This paper links these patterns and trends with gentrification literature. Middle-class family neighbourhoods are classified in a typology that perceives neighbourhoods as fields that are accessed by means of capital, and operate as a stage for the accumulation of various forms of capital, which are associated with various habituses of the middle class. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GENTRIFICATION
HOUSING
NEIGHBORHOODS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02673037
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Housing Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 52646325
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2010.483586