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Building activity and socio-economic change in inner Melbourne 1961–1981
The changing nature of the inner city of Australian metropolitan areas has been a topic of considerable interest in the past few years. In particular, there has been a marked change in the socio-economic characteristics of those resident in the inner city — a change which has reversed a feared trend toward the concentration of problem groups in the inner area. The nature of the social change being experienced has frequently been described as ‘gentrification’, a concept which attempts to encompass a range of outcomes in terms of socio-spatial change. However little attempt has been made to go beyond a simple description of the results of change.
The present paper argues that in fact gentrification has been viewed much too simplistically, and that even if defined more comprehensively, only accounts for a portion of the observed outcomes. By examining physical as well as social change, and by using a more appropriate spatial scale, one which allows a great deal more detail, inner city change can be seen to be the outcome of a variety of processes, of which gentrification is only one.
Building activity and socio-economic change in inner Melbourne 1961–1981
The changing nature of the inner city of Australian metropolitan areas has been a topic of considerable interest in the past few years. In particular, there has been a marked change in the socio-economic characteristics of those resident in the inner city — a change which has reversed a feared trend toward the concentration of problem groups in the inner area. The nature of the social change being experienced has frequently been described as ‘gentrification’, a concept which attempts to encompass a range of outcomes in terms of socio-spatial change. However little attempt has been made to go beyond a simple description of the results of change.
The present paper argues that in fact gentrification has been viewed much too simplistically, and that even if defined more comprehensively, only accounts for a portion of the observed outcomes. By examining physical as well as social change, and by using a more appropriate spatial scale, one which allows a great deal more detail, inner city change can be seen to be the outcome of a variety of processes, of which gentrification is only one.
Building activity and socio-economic change in inner Melbourne 1961–1981
Maher, Chris (author)
Urban Policy and Research ; 3 ; 3-12
1985-03-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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