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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
wiley   +1 more source

Gentrifier by John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch, and Marc Lamont Hill [PDF]

, 2018
Review of John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch, and Marc Lamont Hill\u27s ...
Brais, Hannah
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FINANCIALIZED GREEN STATE ENTREPRENEURIALISM AND THE URBANIZATION OF MOUNTAINS: Chongli’s Consumption‐based Territorial Business Model for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of a territorial business model (TBM) to renew the analysis of the production of the urban built environment beyond established urban cores. Based on the case of Chongli, a site for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, this article provides a double decentering of the ways in which a mountain region was urbanized
Thierry Theurillat, Mengke Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Gentrification and urban renewal. Conceptual approaches and expressions in Latin America

Anales de Geografía de la Universidad Complutense, 2013
Framed in the final work to obtain the degree of Master of Territorial Studies and Population (UAB), the objective of this article is to show a theoretical reflection on the relationship between gentrification and urban renewal with a focus on Latin ...
Carlos Vergala Constela
doaj   +1 more source

Gentrification in media spaces: Nollywood in perspective

Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2020
Gentrification has been stigmatised for its single-reality definition that upholds class, standard and especially displacement. While displacement remains an outcome of the gentrification process, this study attempts to investigate the concept beyond its
Ezinne Michaelia Ezepue
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating the New Landscapes of Welfare: Housing Policy, Politics and the Emerging Research Agenda [PDF]

, 2013
As debates about housing form an increasingly important arena of political controversy, much has been written about the new fissures that have appeared as governments not only struggle to reduce public expenditure deficits but also attempt to address ...
Allen C., Amin A., Bauman Z., Bowie D., Bridge G., Butler J., Clapham D., Clery E., CLG (Communities and Local Government), Cooke G., Davies J., Dorling D., Fairclough N., Foucault M., Franklin A., Harvey D., Harvey D., Harvey D., Heywood A., Huq R., Keith Jacobs, Lees L., Mace A., Marx K., Massey D., Mulgan G., Mulgan G., Rose G., Sandel M., Savage M., Savage M., Tony Manzi, Tunstall R., Wacquant L., Weber M., Wilcox S.   +35 more
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HYPERSCALING HOUSING: Venture Capital, Real Estate Start‐Ups and the Race to Build a Global Residential Brand

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early‐stage companies, pursuing aggressive growth and market domination. Since the 2008 financial crisis, VCs have poured huge sums into real estate start‐ups.
Tim White
wiley   +1 more source

Commercial Gentrification with Social Media Intervention: A Case Study of Nantai Alley in Nanjing

Redai dili
City serves as a medium for communication and, in turn, reshapes the city. Since the 21st century, social media has rapidly spread worldwide, providing users with a platform for self-presentation and channels for expression.
Chen Yuke, Sun Jie, Zhu Tianke, Zhu Xigang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Studentification is it a key factor within the residential decision-making process in Kuala Lumpur? [PDF]

, 2009
Studentification is the process that generates from residential concentration of Higher education students and accompanied by spatial structure transformations which has social, economic, cultural and physical impacts in districts enclaves of university ...
Muhamad Ludin, Ahmad Nazri, Sabri, Soheil   +1 more
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Displacement of Youth from the Isle of Man: The Role of House Price Inflation [PDF]

, 2011
: Small islands frequently suffer from population decline, especially of young people, putting continuity of community at risk. At the same time, their limited size can mean an intense competition for housing stock, particularly in scenic or economically
Canavan, Brendan
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