Lennert Verhulst is a Belgian student doing a Master’s degree in socio-economic geography at the University of Ghent, Belgium. Currently he is doing a dissertation on urban neighbourhood dynamics in the context of gentrification, touristification and real-estate investment and their consequent effects on public space and territorialisation processes in the neighbourhood of Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal. His interests stretch to a broad range of topics such as urban development, segregation, housing, and soundscapes.
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