Description
Book Synopsis Offering an original discussion of the gentrification phenomenon in Europe, this book provides new theoretical insights into classical works on the subject. Using a thorough analysis of the diversity of the forms, places and actors of gentrification in an attempt to isolate its ‘DNA’, the book addresses the place of social groups in cities, their competition over the appropriation of space, the infrastructure unequally offered to them by economic and political actors and the stakes of everyday social relationships.
Trade Review “It was useful to be reminded about the original debates between those who focused on demand for gentrified housing as opposed to those who focused on its supply … the authors I felt de-toxified a debate that has sometimes become a rather sterile war of ideological position.” • Tim Butler, King's College London
“It’s an interesting book, offering a different perspective on the multiple facets of gentrification. It shows a considerable range of theories, approaches, perspectives and case studies, therefore highlighting also the ambiguity of a concept.” • Giovanni Semi, University of Torino
Table of Contents List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: From Gentrification to Gentrifications
Part I: Structures
Chapter 1. From Industry to Real Estate: Creating the Gentrification Supply
Chapter 2. The Existing Built Environment: How Urban Morphologies Inform Gentrification ‘Potentials’
Chapter 3. On the Diversity of Gentrifers: Structural Effects and Contextual Effects
Part II: Policies
Chapter 4. Are Pro-Gentrification Policies Real? An Evidence-Based Inquiry
Chapter 5. Gentrification: A Matter of Images and Representations
Chapter 6. Moving Upmarket: a Neoliberal Strategy of Urban (Re)Development
Part III: Inhabitants
Chapter 7. Gentrification, Pauperization, Immigration: One Process May Hide Another
Chapter 8. Popular Continuities in Gentrifying Neighbourhoods: The Presences and Practices of Nonresidents
Chapter 9. R Residing in a Gentrifying Neighbourhood: The Importance of Trajectories and Mobilities
Chapter 10. Negotiating Diversity in Daily Life. Controlled Neighbourly Relations and School Choices
Conclusion
Index
