Gentrification of the City

Bridge, Gary (editor) / Watson, Sophie (editor) / Slater, Tom (author)

The New Blackwell Companion to the City ; 571-585

Wiley‐Blackwell Companions to Geography

2011-02-25

15 pages

9781444395105 , 9781405189811

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444395105.ch50

Article/Chapter (Book)

Electronic Resource

English

gentrification of the city ‐ links between housing and class struggle in London , production‐side versus consumption , class, not the only axis of difference ‐ researchers focus , Ruth Glass, and “gentrification” ‐ capturing class inequalities and injustices, capitalist urban land markets and policies , Neil Smith, ignoring cultural aspects of gentrification ‐ writings on New York's gentrification , changing class structure of capitalist societies ‐ research theme in urban sociology , “Policy Relevance” ‐ deleterious influence of neoclassical land theory on urban policy, or Chester Hartman's call for a “right to stay put” , point of agreement, analysts of gentrification ‐ class, the central focus , costs of gentrification, today and the future ‐ displacement from home and neighbourhood, shattering experience, leading to homelessness , gentrification, in urban areas ‐ disinvestment in urban infrastructure, profitable redevelopment