In this article, a new approach is outlined to the gentrification of London which argues that it
is a diverse phenomenon. This reflects not merely contested explanations for gentrification …

This paper reviews the debates over the explanation of gentrification and argues that
gentrification is best explained as the social and spatial manifestation of the transition from …

Focusing on the working-class experience of gentrification, this book re-examines the
enduring relationship between class and the urban. Class is so clearly articulated in the …

In this paper I argue that gentrification, despite the many arguments over its continuing
validity as a concept, retains its key importance in understanding processes of class change …

The relationship between gentrification and globalisation has recently become a significant
concern for gentrification scholars. This has involved developing an understanding of how …

The paper advances the notion that there is 'metropolitan habitus' in large global cities such
as London which distinguishes it from other conurbations in the United Kingdom. At the …

Studies of gentrification in London have shown that some groups of middle-class people
have been attracted to poor and multi-ethnic areas of inner London in part because of their …

Gentrification is now firmly established as a major phenomenon of Western cities and is
established in both academic and popular discourse. It was first identified and labeled by …

One by one, many of the working-class quarters of London have been invaded by the middle
classes—upper and lower. Shabby, modest mews and cottages—two rooms up and two …

This paper undertakes a review of gentrification and global city research to develop an
appreciation of the nature of gentrification taking place in central areas of Leeds in the UK …