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

The number of older adults is increasing rapidly, and this demographic shift places an
increased level of strain and tension on the various international healthcare and welfare …

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

Recent research shows that the establishment of new parks in historically disinvested
neighbourhoods can result in housing price increases and the displacement of low-income …

Gentrification has provoked considerable controversy surrounding its effects on residential
displacement. Using a unique individual-level, longitudinal data set, this study examines …

Drawing from sociological theory and research on residential mobility and neighborhood
stratification, which primarily explain urban decline and persistent segregation, the authors …

Creative city policy has been in circulation for two decades. Far from a fad, the creative city
concept has been taken up in a diverse range of cities despite seemingly fatal academic …

Urban theorists have tried for decades to define exactly what a neighborhood is. But behind
that daunting existential question lies a much murkier problem: never mind how you define …

As cities strive to protect vulnerable residents from climate risks and impacts, recent studies
have identified a challenging link between these measures and gentrification processes that …