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 …

The seeking of potential rents directs flows of investment into built and natural environments,
suffusing volatility into urban and rural landscapes, generating gentrification and other forms …

In this introduction to a virtual special issue on land rent, we sketch out the history of land
rent theory, encompassing classical political economy, Marx's political economy, the …

In lcss than a decade scholarly analyses of gentrification, once curious, are now
commonplace as many working-class neighborhoods in cities throughout the advanced …

The rent gap theory of gentrification has inspired a substantial amount of critical attention as
well as several empirical studies. None of these studies addresses a fundamental problem …

Recent years have seen a burst of new writing on the opening and closing of urban rent
gaps. Such studies generally consider individual cases. Rarely does the opportunity arise to …

This paper critically reviews the major theories of gentrification which have emerged over
the last 10 years and the debate which has surrounded them. It argues that the reason why …

In this paper I explore the efficacy of applying Neil Smith's theory of the rent gap to rural
gentrification in New York State's Adirondack Park, making three central claims. In the first …

The increasingly influential post-colo-nial approach to comparative urban studies helps us
see with great detail the richness of an ample array of diverse urban regimes in the world …

This is the first book in Polity's new'Urban Futures' series. At the beginning of the twenty-first
century, proclamations rang out that gentrification had gone global. But what do we mean …