Capital-driven regeneration projects rarely deliver because they focus on profit, not local people’s needs.
Articles on Gentrification
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African Nova Scotians have historically suffered the negative consequences of urban redevelopment. New projects in Halifax must involve genuine engagement with racialized communities.
Who the taxi strike affected, where and how shows the violent reality of the city’s spatial injustice.
Do you ever worry about how Airbnb rentals might be affecting your neighbourhood? Your concerns might not be misplaced.
In the last decade, some graffiti writers have moved from outlaw taggers to sought-after artists.
Art can help anchor places even as they are reshaped.
Pressure for more housing often runs up against a desire to preserve urban heritage areas. International best practice offers ways to navigate the impasse.
Gentrification is often used to describe the economic impacts of urban development. However, racialized communities in particular disproportionately feel its detrimental impacts.
The supreme court’s ruling that the Tate’s viewing gallery intrudes on nearby luxury flats suggests that the law is once again aligning with the rich and powerful.
A longtime critic of Atlanta’s BeltLine explains how the popular network of parks has increased inequality in the city and driven out lower-income residents.
Miami is often held up as an example of ‘climate gentrification.’ But a closer look finds a bigger driver of flashy new developments in low-income neighborhoods.
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The British empire brought the practice of commons enclosure to Africa to claim land. Its effects continue today at sites like the Liesbeek River in Cape Town.
Locals usually see tourists as a way to boost the economy. But at a certain point, resentment starts to build.
Turning a disused Victorian railway bridge into an elevated walkway and garden has the potential to rejuvenate a forgotten part of the city.
Different views of gentrification drive divisions that keep school activists separated by race.
Cities are defined as much by their buildings as what people do in between them. Designing them comes with great responsibility.
It’s getting much harder in the US to find an affordable home, even for people who work multiple jobs.
Puerto Rico has reached an agreement to partially settle its historic bankruptcy crisis. But public cuts to education and health care are unlikely to ease, creating ongoing challenges for Puerto Ricans
Liverpool is the first city in England to investigate, via a land commission, how urban property can best serve everyone.
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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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Ph.D. Candidate, University of British Columbia
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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