Gentrification, the conversion of socially marginal and working-class areas of the central city
to middle-class residential use, reflects a movement, that began in the 1960s, of private …

Contemporary sociology offers competing images of the breadth and consequences of
gentrification. One subset presents gentrification as a nearly unstoppable force that plays a …

Academics largely define gentrification based on changes in the class demographics of
neighborhood residents from predominately low-income to middle-class. This ignores that …

Scholarly interest in the relationship between public investments and residential
displacement dates back to the 1970s and the aftermath of displacement related to urban …

Abstract 'The Changing State of Gentrification'(2001) by Jason Hackworth and the late Neil
Smith is one of the most influential papers ever published in TESG. By introducing three …

Planning theory and practice has become more conscious in recent times of the need to
cater for a diverse range of needs and preferences. But there has been less clarity about …

The Great Recession (2008–2014) and the consequent crises in both the national financial
and production systems have led the Portuguese administration to adopt tourism and urban …

" Safe Space is a pathbreaking book for the interdisciplinary fields of queer studies and
American studies. Offering a trenchant account of the stakes of gay (and sometimes lesbian) …

This first textbook on the topic of gentrification is written for upper-level undergraduates in
geography, sociology, and planning. The gentrification of urban areas has accelerated …

In this paper I recapitulate the origins, structure, and purpose of Neil Smith's rent gap theory,
and assess the frequently discussed but rarely dissected empirical studies of rent gaps, in …