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TAXI, CHILLI AND MOBILE PARTY BRANCH: Reterritorialization of Migrants in Urban Villages, Shenzhen

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In China as well as in other countries, migrants often grapple with urban inequities by actively reshaping the functions and meanings of their environments. While acknowledging established frameworks such as place‐making and urban informality, this study adopts a complementary lens, framing migrants’ everyday practices as a process of ...
Xinrui Gao, Jennifer Day, Sun Sheng Han
wiley   +1 more source

Gentrification in the Athenian Context: the Gas Neighbourhood Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes
Discourse on the phenomenon of gentrification has mainly focused on western cities of the US, Canada and the UK. However gentrification is experienced worldwide.
Georgia Alexandri
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Neighborhood Gentrification across Harris County: 1990 to 2016

open access: yes, 2018
The purpose of this report is to document recent neighborhood changes indicative of gentrification and to inform the development of strategies to support the equitable revitalization of specific Houston neighborhoods instead.
Wu, Jie   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Les dynamiques spatiales de la gentrification à Paris

open access: yesCybergeo, 2010
This paper presents a synthesis map that shows the spatial dynamics of gentrification in Paris since the 1960s. The notion of gentrification has been extensively studied since the 1970s, especially in England and Northern America, but the researchers ...
Anne Clerval
doaj   +1 more source

HOUSING RETROFIT AND THE JUST TRANSITION IN THE METROPOLIS: Governance, Redistribution, and Inequality in London and Barcelona

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Metropolises are rapidly becoming spaces of stark inequalities. While much literature has emphasized the metropolitan scale as a driver of agglomeration economies, recent scholarship highlights either the ungovernable nature of large metropolises or the weak redistributive capacity of their governments as key causes of increasingly unequal ...
Lucía Cerrada Morato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Gentrification of Consumption: a View from Manchester [PDF]

open access: yes
This article gives some insight into the processes underpinning the exclusion of small traders from of the redevelopment of Manchester after the IRA bombing in 1996.
Joanne Massey
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Heritage, Gentrification and Resistance in the Neoliberal City

open access: yes, 2022
What happens when versions of the past become silenced, suppressed, or privileged due to urban restructuring? In what ways are the interpretations and performances of ‘the past’ linked to urban gentrification, marginalization, displacement, and social ...
Hammami, Feras,   +2 more
core   +1 more source

ENVIRONMENTAL STATECRAFT AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: Chengdu's Ecological Preservation and Eco‐development

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of environmental statecraft to study changing urban environmental politics in China and beyond. Our review of existing conceptions reveals a growing need to account for temporal and geographical complexity. Neoliberal conceptions of eco‐state restructuring are increasingly strained by contemporary geopolitical
Handuo Deng, Fulong Wu, Fangzhu Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesRedai 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
wiley   +1 more source

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