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Does Government Investment in Local Public Goods Spur Gentrification? Evidence from Beijing [PDF]

In Beijing, the metropolitan government has made enormous place based investments to increase green space and to improve public transit. We examine the gentrification consequences of such public investments.
Matthew E. Kahn, Siqi Zheng
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Spatial justice in the transition to electric vehicle infrastructure

npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport
As global cities rapidly expand EVs charging networks to promote decarbonization, an often-overlooked trade-off is emerging: during the transitional stage before universal adoption, the mandatory “green-exclusive” occupation of limited public parking ...
Zihao Wang, Hongsheng Chen, Shuhan Deng
doaj   +1 more source

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

International 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, Jonathan Cinnamon, Agnieszka Leszczynski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Creeping Gentrification of a Street: The Case of the Historic Oval-Shaped Kościelna Street in Poznań

Architecture
The subject of the research is the attractive Kościelna Street connecting two prestigious districts of the city of Poznań (Jeżyce and Sołacz). The oval ring layout of the street with its characteristic green separation strip sets the tone for the entire ...
Oleg Kapliński
doaj   +1 more source

A systematic review of green gentrification and mental health

Health & Place
Urban development projects increasingly incorporate greening efforts in underserved communities to improve human health and promote biodiversity. Unfortunately, these efforts can create a paradox whereby target communities do not reap the benefits due to increased property values, and subsequent physical or social-cultural displacement.
Catherine D. Brown, Alessandro Rigolon, Piper Zdrodowski, Amber L. Pearson   +3 more
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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

International 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

Are green cities healthy and equitable? Unpacking the relationship between health, green space and gentrification

, 2021
Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552Digital object identifier for the 'European Research Council' (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000781) - Digital object identifier for 'Horizon 2020' (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100007601).While ...
Connolly, James J. T., Cole, Helen, Anguelovski, Isabelle, Garcia Lamarca, Melissa   +3 more
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PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
wiley   +1 more source

THE ANALOG CITY: Maintaining Everyday Life Through Repair and Jugaad

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban scholarship consistently discusses improvisation and heterogeneity as central to urban life in the global South. In this article, I bring together scholarship on urban improvisation and the digital world of smart cities to understand the city as analog.
Julia Corwin
wiley   +1 more source

THE TERRITORIALIZATION OF ANGOLA'S REAL ESTATE FRONTIER: How Private‐led Housing Developments are Reshaping the Outskirts of Luanda

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Africa is recognized as the final frontier for urbanization and capitalism. Following a long wave of massive loans to promote state‐led developments, small private foreign and local developers are transforming the urban landscape on the outskirts of Luanda, forging partnerships with Angola's national and local governments and developing an ...
Higor Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source