Can public subsidized urban renewal solve the gentrification issue? Dissecting the Viennese example

Hatz, Gerhard

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2021.103218

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“…A key strength of the methodology is its ability to both capture gentrification through (luxury‐) renovations (Millard‐Ball 2000) as well as strategies to circumvent price regulations (Hatz 2021) within a single index, given a properly specified regression model. This is demonstrated for the case of the Viennese private rental market, where both aspects are considered potential drivers of gentrification by the literature (Kadi & Verlič 2019; Hatz 2021). Thereby, this paper provides novel evidence about the geography of rental‐sector gentrification in the Viennese post‐GFC context.…”

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“…Based on the well‐established hedonic price indices, the paper proposes a novel method for quantifying price‐effective, qualitative transformation without relying on subjective judgements of what constitutes a quality upgrade or downgrade. A key strength of the methodology is its ability to both capture gentrification through (luxury‐) renovations (Millard‐Ball 2000) as well as strategies to circumvent price regulations (Hatz 2021) within a single index, given a properly specified regression model. This is demonstrated for the case of the Viennese private rental market, where both aspects are considered potential drivers of gentrification by the literature (Kadi & Verlič 2019; Hatz 2021).…”

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“…However, frequently rents are kept below market rates by state interventions such as price caps. If applicability of regulations is tied to certain characteristics of the property, transformation of the built structure can be a way to escape those regulations (e.g., Hatz 2021). In both instances, (contract-) rents will be raised after the transformation is conducted.…”

Section: Gentrification Rent Gaps and The Measurement Issuementioning

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Closing the Rent Index Gap – A Quantitative Approach to Rental‐Sector Gentrification

Banabak

2023

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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This paper advocates for a greater emphasis on supply sided concepts such as the rent gap in the empirical operationalizations of gentrification. It provides a novel framework to identify rental‐sector gentrification areas through index construction by drawing on insights from the gentrification, rent gap, price index and hedonic regression literatures. The approach is highly adaptable to a variety of regulatory contexts and other housing market idiosyncrasies through the design of the underlying regression model. Drawing on data from the city of Vienna, local rent changes and their relationship to price‐effective transformations of the rental housing supply are quantified. After computing the respective indices, bivariate mapping is utilized to identify potential gentrification areas.

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Closing the Rent Index Gap – A Quantitative Approach to Rental‐Sector Gentrification

Banabak

2023

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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“…Since the first inception of Soft Urban Renewal in 1974, Brunnenviertel and its surrounding areas experienced a number of small-scale renewal activities, which, however, had little significance for achieving its social aims of resident participation and community-building (see Hatz, 2021). One particular issue at stake was the fragmentation between the key institutions and actors in the renewal process, reinforced by the lack of an overarching policy framework to coordinate the increasingly diversified and decentralised renewal instruments.…”

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The politics of living-with-difference: Local perception of diversity and coexistence around participatory place-making in a multiethnic neighbourhood

Ahn

2023

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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While much has been said about the structural and spatial dimensions of living-with-difference in the city’s diverse places, existing research has seldom addressed its situatedness within a wider institutional context of place-making that shapes the everyday conditions of our encounters and experiences with ‘others’. As a result, little attention has been paid to the political dynamics of the governance process that engender a context-specific definition and meaning of urban diversity at the local scale. In this light, this article delves into the contextual embeddedness of urban diversity in regenerating a multiethnic neighbourhood, around which residents build their new social relations and belonging. It uses Vienna’s urban renewal model as a research window, through which to explore the political dimension of state-led urban renewal, including institutional and stakeholder arrangements, and its social implications for both old and new residents in everyday spaces. Building on the empirical evidence obtained through field observation and interviewing, it demonstrates how a ‘bottom-linked’ renewal process and its resultant outcome shape a place-specific mode of living-with-difference in the daily life. It concludes highlighting the need for greater attention to the enabling role of the city’s institutional arrangements and policy designs in current research on urban diversity and coexistence.

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“…The ability to remain at the original location could preserve the existing social network and maintain a sense of security [5,31]. Other scholars have proposed that the age of residents also influences their decision to stay or leave [47]. More and more scholars have realized that broad public participation and the building of bottom-up institutions are the keys to the success of urban renewal projects [11,12,48,49].…”

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Confront or Comply? Managing Social Risks in China’s Urban Renewal Projects

Mai¹,

Wu²,

Zhang³

et al. 2022

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Social sustainability is the major concern of planners and local officials when urban renewal projects are being conducted. Extreme individualism can potentially cause conflicts of interest, making urban renewal in Western cities fraught with various types of social risks. As a country with deep-rooted socialist tradition, urban renewal projects in China are influenced by collectivist culture and show different features from those of the West. The objective of this research is to investigate how different stakeholders in urban redevelopment projects, including local residents, social organizations, the local state, and developers, interact with each other and how the associated social risks are hedged against. Using a recent well-known project in the city of Guangzhou, the authors attempt to present the latest progress in social risk management in China. With the support from a government-sponsored project, the authors have conducted a questionnaire-based survey and year-long follow-up fieldwork. Using ATLAS.ti software, we found that that “residents’ demand”, “status of collaboration”, and “degree of trust” are the keys to risk management. The results of an ordered probit model show that residents are worried about the overall planning, the relocation timetable, and whether their personal needs are taken into account. It is also indicated that the timely disclosure of project information, high-quality public participation, and a reasonable compensation plan can possibly boost the support rate. The authors suggest that utilizing China’s collectivist culture could be an effective way to mitigate social risks, and residents’ personal interests should also be respected.

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Can public subsidized urban renewal solve the gentrification issue? Dissecting the Viennese example

Cited by 20 publications

References 6 publications

Closing the Rent Index Gap – A Quantitative Approach to Rental‐Sector Gentrification

Closing the Rent Index Gap – A Quantitative Approach to Rental‐Sector Gentrification

The politics of living-with-difference: Local perception of diversity and coexistence around participatory place-making in a multiethnic neighbourhood

Confront or Comply? Managing Social Risks in China’s Urban Renewal Projects

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