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Art, creativity, and tourism in creative quarters: trajectory and tensions of the cultural scene of the M50 art district in Shanghai

open access: yesCybergeo, 2021
Artistic, cultural, or creative quarters are developing in major cities around the world, especially in China. These areas are often integrated into culture-based urban projects, with the aim of contributing to their renewal, attractiveness, and economic
Basile Michel
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READING HOUSING AS AN URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE PATTERNING THE ‘WHORE STIGMA’

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I conceptualize housing as an urban infrastructure enabling the reproduction, exploitation, circulation and emplacement of the ‘whore stigma’. To this end, I engage with infrastructural scholarship, particularly the emerging field of infrastructural housing studies, and situate it in dialogue with critical perspectives on ...
Daniela Morpurgo
wiley   +1 more source

The Story of a Commercial Street: Growth, Decline, and Gentrification on Gottingen Street, Halifax [PDF]

open access: yesUrban History Review, 2015
Between the 1830s and 2010s Gottingen Street in Halifax, Canada, transitioned from a residential street, to a commercial corridor, to an area of community services, to a revitalizing “hip” area. Its story reflects the influence of changing regulatory regimes, transportation modes, commercial practices, and cultural values.
Roth, Nathan, Grant, Jill L.
openaire   +2 more sources

L’Esquilin, un quartier central de Rome objet d’un programme de réhabilitation urbaine (1990-2015). Un cas de gentrification en trompe-l’œil ?

open access: yesLes Cahiers d’EMAM, 2019
This paper examines the modifications of urban space, the reconfiguration of public and social space, and the transformations of the demographic and social structure occurred in Rome’s central district called Esquiline, with the aim of grasping how these
Stella Volpe
doaj   +1 more source

VISUAL NEGOTIATIONS OF GENTRIFICATION IN TORONTO: Contestation, Politicization and Resistance through Urban Signage

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article engages signage as a medium through which urban stakeholders negotiate the politics of housing redevelopment and gentrification in cities. Focusing on Toronto, we examine housing‐related signage in three neighbourhoods where social mix approaches to redevelopment have ushered in gentrification: Parkdale, Regent Park, and Moss Park.
Lindi Jahiu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rues en parallèle, une étude comparative entre Shanghai et Paris

open access: yesEchoGéo, 2010
Alors que les métropoles chinoises connaissent  une globalisation accélérée, l’observation de deux rues, l’une chinoise, l’autre parisienne,  aide à comprendre  ce qui  fait leur permanence et leur singularité, notamment les différences et les ...
Antoine Brès   +2 more
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AN URBAN MARKETPLACE UNDER PRESSURE: The Steady Gentrification Process of Porta Palazzo (Turin) Through the Eyes of Market Sellers and Policy Makers

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Marketplaces, crucial sites for low‐income populations as sources of affordable goods and social interaction, are at a critical juncture. They are experiencing decline due to the rise of shopping centres and neglect by public authorities, while at the same time being rediscovered as tourist attractions, sources of profit and tools for urban ...
Francesca Ru
wiley   +1 more source

BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
wiley   +1 more source

Ward - problem sweeping fashion: Commercial gentrification Russa -fa, the valencian “Soho”

open access: yesAnales de Geografía de la Universidad Complutense, 2015
Russafa neighborhood in Valencia (Spain) has become the center of one of the most ambitious urban redevelopment plans implemented by the local council in recent years.
Luís Romero Renau, Laura Lara Martín
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Imigranci z Azji Południowo-Wschodniej w polityce zagranicznej Tajwanu

open access: yesPoliteja, 2023
SOUTHEAST ASIAN IMMIGRANTS IN TAIWANESE FOREIGN POLICY This article, through the analysis of the situation of permanent and labor immigrants in Taiwan, will try to show the different facets of Taiwanese foreign policy aimed at the Southeast Asian ...
Tobiasz Targosz
doaj   +1 more source

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