Extending the temporal and spatial limits of gentrification: a research agenda for population geographers

Abstract

How processes of gentri®cation unfold, at what rate, and with what effects, can all differ substantially in different places. Although pre-existing theories have sought to encapsulate this diversity, the temporal and spatial limits of gentri®cation processes have yet to be fully explored. This paper postulates that population geographers have a role to play here. Firstly, researchers are urged to study gentri®cation within a broader temporal perspective, and to unravel connections between migration dynamics and population transitions over the course of the process. Secondly, it is contended that processes and effects of gentri®cation should be examined within wider spatial frameworks, whereby migration¯ows of relatively af¯uent households are evaluated within the context of (re)urbanisation, suburbanisation and counterurbanisation. This may pose important questions about the understandings of demographic links between gentri®cation and in-migrants at particular stages of their life-course. It is argued that this research agenda will require the adoption of more inclusive de®nitions of gentri®cation, embracing wider spatial and temporal criteria.

The diverse geographies of rural gentrification in Scotland

“…In doing so, it builds on earlier work by, for example, Ghose (2004), Paquette and Domon (2003), Smith (2002a) and Smith and Phillips (2001). It adopts an essentially consumptive approach to rural gentrification, at least initially.…”

“…(Phillips, 2004, p. 7). Regarding the conceptualisation of gentrification, and in common with Phillips (2005) and Smith (2002a), 'the bulk of this literature emphasises consumption as the motor force of rural gentrification' (Darling, 2005(Darling, , p. 1017. For example, according to Cloke and Little (1990) gentrification involves 'class dictated population movements' (p. 164).…”

Gentrifying the Rural? Planning and Market Processes in Rural Ireland

“…Smith (2002), for example, argues that gentrification is not only apparent in a range of spatial scales, but also manifests at a range of locations -suburban, rural, inner urban and retirement hotpots such as coastal resorts. Within this context, there is an emerging literature surrounding gentrification processes within rural localities (Darling, 2005;Nelson et al, 2010;Stockdale, 2010).…”

Migration, environment and rural gentrification in the Limousin mountains

“…) raised by the authors. For example, the migratory movements that fuel the larger part of the demographic recovery have prompted diverse studies which, depending on the conceptual apparatus used, fall into in scientific (sub)fields, or even paradigms, such as population geography (Smith, 2002;Milbourne, 2007;Pistre, 2012) , amenity migration (Moss, 2006;Cognard, 2010;Marcouiller et al, 2011;Martin et al, 2012) or rural gentrification (Smith, 1998;M. Phillips, 1993;Bryson et Wyckoff, 2010).…”