In 2010 artists Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd opened the original London version of the
deeply immersive theatrical event You Me Bum Bum Train (YMBBT) in a disused building in …

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 …

The desire of governments for a'renaissance'of their cities is a defining feature of
contemporary urban policy. From Melbourne and Toronto to Johannesburg and Istanbul …

The desire for 'vibrant','bohemian'neighbourhoods forms a focal point of the amenity
preferences of Richard Florida's 'creative class' thesis. Here, a vibrant street culture, which …

Arguing that resistance to the state is too narrow a conceptualization of a political project that
challenges neoliberalism, we posit that there are latent, residual apparatuses of the state …

It is increasingly argued that gentrification is incorporated into public policy and the by-
product of a range of contemporary neoliberal urban development policies intent on …

From 1995 to 2005, the San Francisco Bay Area underwent quick and rapid changes as the
forces of the" New Economy," particularly those connected to internet related businesses …

Gentrification of urban neighborhoods is part of an ongoing restructuring of the city, linked to
the emerging occupational structure of the service economy and the remaking of built …

This is a case study of a neighborhood commercial district, Little Five Points (LFP) in Atlanta,
which has changed in composition over the past several years. Any city area changes over …

Throughout the second half of the 20th century theories attempting to explain the
phenomenon of gentrification have been pervasive among studies of the changing social …