AMST 2440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Adams Morgan, Urban Studies, Creative Class
8 May 2017
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Gentrification is probably the most charged term in contemporary urban studies. (maybe. Only about 1000 or so scholarly books with the word gentrification in it. In some ways, scholarship hasn"t caught up to changing landscape on ground. What is gentrification: debate over how to define it. Influx of wealthier residents into poorer district > direct or indirect displacement. Indirect displacement ex: social networks (church, extended family) disrupted. Or too expensive for next gen. to stay near parents. What if no displacement? (displacement is hard to measure) Or new boutiques too expensive to shop. * gentrification coined in 1964 by ruth glass. Majority of london losing pop. to suburbs. In 1960s, people use other names - brownstoning, sandblasting . Purchased and renovated old townhouses and victorian homes. Redlined areas - little gov. or bank funding available. Develop theoretical models ( first artists move in, than developers, etc ) Pioneer stage: risk tolerant renters first arrive in poorer area.
