Gentrification und Incumbent Upgrading in Erfurt

Weiske, Christine

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“…Cities of early reforming countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland) and East Germany, where inner-city restructuring had already started in the early 1990s provide showcases for gentrification, whereas reports on gentrification from latecomer countries in the CEE are very rare (for example, Chelcea, 2006). Physical upgrading of inner-city neighbourhoods first became evident in the East German cities where the regeneration of old residential buildings has been significantly supported by the central state (Bernt and Holm, 2005; Glatter, 2007; Weiske, 1996). In these cities, rents remained on a rather low level; consequently, lower-income groups (for example, students) continued to have access to the renovated dwellings and a radical displacement of local population could not evolve.…”

Section: The Concept Of Gentrification and Its Post-socialist Interpretationsmentioning

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Urban Renewal in the Inner City of Budapest: Gentrification from a Post-socialist Perspective

Kovács¹,

Wießner²,

Zischner³

2012

Urban Studies

111

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After the political and economic changes of 1989–90, the concept of gentrification inspired many urban researchers in central and eastern Europe (CEE). Despite the growing number of papers, there is still a substantial empirical gap concerning the transformation of inner-city neighbourhoods in the CEE. This paper is based on empirical data regarding the physical and social upgrading of neighbourhoods in inner Budapest. The paper argues that gentrification in its traditional sense affects only smaller areas of the inner city, mostly those where demolition and new housing construction took place as an outcome of regeneration programmes. At the same time, the old housing stock has been less affected by gentrification. This is mainly due to the high share of owner-occupation and the social responsibility of local governments. Thanks to renovation and new housing construction, a healthy social mix will probably persist in the inner city of Budapest in the future.

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Section: The Concept Of Gentrification and Its Post-socialist Interpretationsmentioning

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Urban Renewal in the Inner City of Budapest: Gentrification from a Post-socialist Perspective

Kovács¹,

Wießner²,

Zischner³

2012

Urban Studies

111

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“…Since the Wende, areas with more prestigious old buildings have undergone noticeable upgrading (see Kabisch, 1996;Weiske, 1996). Private investment has led to considerable progress in rehabilitating these residential areas, and we can assume that they will be attractive for those with better incomes and that the supplanting of traditional groups and gentrification will continue.…”

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Segregation in eastern German cities: Gentrification, downgrading of large estates, and suburbanization

Harth¹,

Scheller²,

Herlyn³

1998

Neth J of Housing and the Built Environment

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The following discussion deals with the changes in eastern German cities following the " Wende, "or turning point, in 1989. Residential For the people in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), the social upheavals in Germany following the Wall Fall (=Wende) in 1989 meant not only a radical break in their everyday lives, their orientations, and their way of life; the changes also had a considerable influence on the development of cities. In view of the increasing differentiation of social structure and housing conditions in the cities of the new L~inder, it can be assumed that residential segregation, that is, a disproportionate distribution of population groups in urban areas, will become a determining structural feature of eastern German cities as well.Our discussion will begin with a brief description of the situation in the GDR in 1989 and of the theoretical principles that guided our study and the methods we used (1). A few central conclusions about the degree of segregation in the city of Magdeburg (2) will precede discussion of selected processes of gentrification (2.1), the downgrading of newer large estates (2.2), and suburbanization (2.3). Finally, we will summarize our conclusions about the interdependence of the three processes (3).Neth.

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“…The concept of gentrification has also been extensively used in the study of urban transformations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) where urban renewal brought about spectacular changes after 1990. Although the term was first used for Budapest by Hegedüs and Tosics (1991), it was Eastern Germany (the former GDR) where comprehensive regeneration programmes reshaped many inner-cities causing market-based gentrification processes (Bernt, Holm 2005Friedrich 2000;Glatter 2007;Weiske 1996). In these cities the renovation of old inner-city housing stock commenced earlier and run faster than in other post-socialist countries because of central-state subsidies and massive capital (partly speculative) flow from Western Germany.…”

Section: The Concept Of Gentrification and Itsmentioning

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Beyond gentrification: Diversified neighbourhood upgrading in the inner city of Budapest

Kovács

Wießner²,

Zischner³

2015

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The concept of gentrification has been extensively used in post-socialist context in association with neighbourhood renewal processes, despite the exact meaning of the term and its social effects not always being sufficiently clarified. This paper builds upon empirical research from downtown Budapest. Our investigation primarily focused on the interplay of three groups of stakeholders involved in urban renewal: politicians, investors and residents. On the basis of our multi-dimensional analysis, we could identify three main types of upgrading: classical gentrification (with two sub-types), as well as incumbent upgrading and soft forms of revitalisation. In the studied neighbourhoods, a mixture of these forms of upgrading could be identified, reflecting a diversified rejuvenation. Gentrification was spatially limited to poverty ridden neighbourhoods subject to local government organised regeneration programmes. The predominance of soft forms of revitalisation is a function of housing market mechanisms as well as the planning control of local districts, which in general together create a healthy social mix despite pervasive regeneration activities.

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Gentrification und Incumbent Upgrading in Erfurt

Cited by 8 publications

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Urban Renewal in the Inner City of Budapest: Gentrification from a Post-socialist Perspective

Urban Renewal in the Inner City of Budapest: Gentrification from a Post-socialist Perspective

Segregation in eastern German cities: Gentrification, downgrading of large estates, and suburbanization

Beyond gentrification: Diversified neighbourhood upgrading in the inner city of Budapest

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