Tag: Gentrification
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Global processes through a local lens, comparing urban inequality in Toronto and Bangkok.
Tom Heene looks into the socio-spatial differences across Bangkok and Toronto, and notices a lot of striking differences despite their global connectivity.
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The degree of gentrification as a measurement for social justice in Belgrade.
To what extent can we observe gentrification processes in Balkan cities such as Belgrade? In this article, the neighbourhood of Dorcol is being examined.
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Rio de Janeiro and Rome in pursuit of tourism
City authorities take increasingly agressive measures aimed at attracting tourists and hiding urban poverty from visitors. How do Rome and Rio compare?
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From Kahvehane to Coffee Bar: Urban Life in Istanbul
Whereas traditional kahvehanes dominate Istanbul’s poorer neighbourhoods, hip coffee bars are on this rise across the city.
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From Hippies to Hipsters and Homelessness in Haight-Ashbury
San Francisco’s Haigh-Ashbury is known for 1967’s Summer of Love. The commodification of its ‘hippie heritage’ results in extreme micro-level inequalities. Iris van Gent takes us on a tour.
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The social impacts of urban waterfront regeneration projects
Does top-down urban planning result in more questionable social impacts? Benedict McAteer compares waterfront redevelopment in Liverpool and Amsterdam.
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The City as a Consumed Adjective of Economy
Urban outfits, urban music, urban gardening… What does ‘Urban’ even mean? Federico Savini warns us about overconsumption of the adjective.
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The Pearl: A Gentrification Story from Portland
Portland’s Pearl District is a textbook example of gentrification and displacement.
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Non-Gentrified Neighbourhoods?
Is gentrification always inescapable? Paula Hernandez shows us how Madrid’s Lavapies, the cradle of the Indignados-movement and political party Podemos, succeeds in fighting gentrifying pressures.
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Graffiti: Urban Art as a Gentrifier
Graffiti is often seen as illegal, but also seen as a gentrifier. This article considers why it is celebrated by some and studies its neighbourhood effects.