Gentrification in a Global Context

by Atkinson,Rowland

• ISBN13: 9780415329507
• ISBN10: 0415329507
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Gentrification, a process of class neighbourhood upgrading, is being identified in a broader range of urban contexts throughout the world. This book throws new light and evidence to bear on a subject that deeply divides commentators on its worth and social costs given its ability to physically improve areas but also to displace indigenous inhabitants. Gentrification in a Global Contextbrings together the most recent theoretical and empirical research on gentrification at a global scale. Each author gives an overview of gentrification in their country so that each chapter retains a unique approach but tackles a common theme within a shared framework. The main feature of the book is a critical and well-written set of chapters on a process that is currently undergoing a resurgence of interest and one that shows no sign of abating. The book is aimed at undergraduates, academics and those with an interest in urban affairs more generally. It is designed to be an integrated introduction as wellas contemporary survey on the process with an expansive set of geographical reference points.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Acknowledgements	x
1 Introduction	1	(17)
Rowland Atkinson and Gary Bridge
2 Mapping neo-liberal American urbanism	18	(21)
Elvin K. Wyly and Daniel J. Hammel
3 Gentrification in Canada's cities: from social mix to 'social tectonics'	39	(18)
Tom Slater
4 Heritage and gentrification: remembering 'The Good Old Days' in postcolonial Sydney	57	(15)
Wendy Shaw
5 'Studentification': the gentrification factory?	72	(18)
Darren P. Smith
6 Gentrification in post-communist cities	90	(16)
Ludek Sýkora
7 Exploring the substance and style of gentrification: Berlin's 'Prenzlberg'	106	(15)
Matthias Bernt and Andrej Holm
8 Outside the core: gentrification in Istanbul	121	(16)
Tolga Islam
9 Gentrification and neighbourhood dynamics in Japan: the case of Kyoto	137	(14)
Yoshihiro Fujitsuka
10 Another 'Guggenheim effect'? Central city projects and gentrification in Bilbao	151	(17)
Lorenzo Vicario and P Manuel Martinez Monje
11 Local limits to gentrification: implications for a new urban policy	168	(17)
Kate Shaw
12 Poland and Polonia: Migration, and the re-incorporation of ethnic aesthetic practice in the taste of luxury	185	(24)
Jerome Krase
13 Outside the Metropole: gentrification in provincial cities or provincial gentrification?	209	(16)
Paul Dutton
14 A curious blend? City revitalisation, gentrification and commodification in Brazil	225	(15)
Silvana Rubino
15 Out of squalor and towards another urban renaissance? Gentrification and neighbourhood transformations in southern Europe	240	(16)
Petros Petsimeris
16 The order and simplicity of gentrification - a political challenge	256	(9)
Eric Clark
References	265	(29)
Index	294