- Once this process of 'gentrification' starts in a district it goes on rapidly until all or most of the original working-class occupiers are displaced and the whole social...
- Gentrification is a process by which affluent residents and businesses move into a neighborhood, changing its essential character.
- When discussing the transformation of neighborhoods, two terms often come up: gentrification and regentrification. But which one is the proper word to use?
- As we moved in and started putting down roots, we grappled with a distressing question: Were we contributing to gentrification?
- Some of the cons of gentrification include displacement, cultural erasure and a spike in the cost of living, especially for underserved communities.
- Gentrification consists of a transformation process of an urban space that is in a deteriorated state or that is in the process of decaying from the...
- From gentry + -ification, after gentrify. Coined by German-born British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964. Pronunciation. IPA(key): /dʒɛn.tɹɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/. Rhymes: -eɪʃən.
- However, when large companies with an upscale and specialized workforce move into an area, the result is more often gentrification.
- Some cities and councils are anti-gentrification because of the dismissive social effects it has had on people with the influx of affluent residents.
- While we may inherently believe gentrification is good for neighbourhoods, the process of a rundown area becoming trendy and expensive has a complex impact.