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Rhetoric and Realities of Gentrification: Reply to Powell and Spencer [PDF]
, 2003 Gentrification represents one of the most encouraging trends in city life since the 1960s. That may be a sad commentary on the fate of American cities or on our urban policies, but it is nevertheless true.
Byrne, J. Peter
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Integrating urban land use policies with food systems is becoming a widespread global strategy to build resilient socio‐ecological systems and address the challenges of climate change and rapid urbanization. Yet varying degrees of integration have raised questions about its efficacy and hindered broader adoption.
Lijun Summerhayes, Douglas Baker
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Gentrification: prospects for urban South African society?
Acta Academica, 2003 The objective of this paper is to highlight some of the current international trends in the study of gentrification and assess its potential as the research site in a postapartheid urban context. In the light of international experience and the changing
Gustav Visser
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Ruts of Gentrification: Breaking the Surface of Vienna’s Changing Cityscape [PDF]
, 2018 Last year, the city of Vienna celebrated the 150-year anniversary of the opening of the Ringstrasse, the central ring road that stands as symbol of the huge structural renewal that accompanied the transformation of the Habsburg empire’s capital into
Reisenleitner, Markus
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Creating green space sustainability through low-budget and upcycling strategies [PDF]
, 2018 Frugality is a core notion of sustainability, and responsible resource management should be prioritized in urban planning and landscape architecture. Low-budget strategies as a deliberate means of creating valuable, attractive, well-used, sociable public
Herman, Krzysztof +2 more
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THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city’s circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
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Electric vehicle adoption, gentrification, and housing prices: a longitudinal study in California
Environmental Research CommunicationsIncreasing adoption of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) has raised concerns about potential disparities, including increased gentrification in low-income communities.
Futu Chen +7 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract While the geographical distribution of eviction filings has been explored in Toronto, the intersection of rental housing financialization, race and eviction remains underexplored. Financial actors and their intermediaries, who fuel the eviction crisis in economically disenfranchised Black renter communities, exert significant influence over ...
Nemoy Lewis +2 more
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Gentrification: The Class Conflict over Urban Space Moves into the Courts [PDF]
, 1982 Gentrification of inner-cities has resulted in a class conflict over urban space. An issue in the federal courts is whether the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) can build, sponsor, or subsidize low income housing projects within or near
McDougall, Harold A.
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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