Within the rapidly expanding literature on inner-city revitalization (or gentrification), there has
been no attempt to assess in a comparative and systematic manner a range of explanations …

Gentrification has been a major theme in urban studies, planning, and geography for more
than two decades. Indeed, it may appear to some observers that this single subject has …

Recent criticisms of the coherence of theories of gentrification, the potential for its continued
expansion in the 1990s, and methods for assessing its extent and significance have cast …

The literature on gentrification has yielded a number of competing explanations of the
phenomenon. These include demographic, ecological, sociocultural, and political-economic …

The relationship between inner-city gentrification and the restructuring of metropolitan
economies toward employment in the advanced services is well established. In this context …

The author and contributors of this book seek to present alternatives to the mainstream
discussions of gentrification. It does not present a single coherent vision of the causes …

Considerable debate about the significance of the early 1990s recession (and subsequent
property boom) on gentrification is still largely unresolved because the scale of analysis …

The one economic-phenomenon both status because groups, of of inner its known
implications city as resettlement gentrification, for the by fiscal is higher an and intriguing …

Inner city gentrification is widely recognized as an international phenomenon, and yet little
research has been carried out into its incidence, manifestations and effects at a …

Gentrification has been viewed by some as a solution to many of the problems facing older
central cities. At the same time, many are wary of the potential for gentrification to displace …