A decade of research on Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood finds that major riverfront investment did not push out longtime residents.
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Greater Philadelphia earned failing air quality grades. A new study finds higher asthma rates near industry and major roads, especially where green space is scarce.
The success of Kibera’s transformation will not be measured by the number of apartment blocks completed.
City transformation is increasingly being shaped by a complex interaction between the past and the future.
Researchers are using machine learning models to identify gentrification in imagery. Community insights help keep the models on track
For 50 years, St. Francis Inn in Philadelphia has served the poorest and most vulnerable people in Kensington.
Our study shows that climate change is increasing property values in the country’s cooler north, and reducing them in the hotter south.
Protests against gentrification have occurred across several Latin American cities, most recently in Mexico’s capital.
It’s been 35 years since the Nigerian government carried out its biggest forced eviction ever of the 300,000 residents of Maroko in Lagos.
Demolitions in Addis Ababa have become common as the state seeks to attract private and foreign capital to modernise the city.
A case study of a mainly Latino neighborhood in Houston shows that when residents value a neighborhood as it is, they can forestall large-scale redevelopment.
Ethiopia’s urban projects are often portrayed as beneficial to all residents – but this glosses over their highly uneven impact.
Where artists relocate, gentrification invariably follows, but inner city projects are showing that local communities can resurrect declining neighbourhoods through arts and culture for all.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed two new zoning bills into law, which could help reduce the state’s homeless population.
Detroit has a rich music tradition and is known for its role in the development of house.
Sanitation in Shanghai is not just about cleanliness but also power, culture and social norms.
Du Bois’ study, published in 1899, detailed the social conditions of poor Black residents of the Seventh Ward. The area is now home to some of Philadelphia’s ritziest neighborhoods.
More than one-third of U.S. households pay more than 30% of their income for housing.
The film is run through with an unflinching belief in the power communities wield and the tangible limits they face.
When it comes to gentrification, Philadelphia baristas say they’re ‘part of the problem.’ But as low-wage workers, where else should they live and work?
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Assistant Professor, Acadia University
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Honorary Senior Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Research Associate, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Sociology, Brandeis University
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Research Fellow, School of Communication, Society & Culture, Macquarie University
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, The University of Melbourne
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Research Associate, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Professor, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Bentley University
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Lecturer, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University
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PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge