Gentrifications: Views from Europe

Abstract

Offering an original discussion of the gentrification phenomenon in Europe, this book provides new theoretical insights into classical works on the subject. Using a thorough analysis of the diversity of the forms, places and actors of gentrification in an attempt to isolate its ‘DNA’, the book addresses the place of social groups in cities, their competition over the appropriation of space, the infrastructure unequally offered to them by economic and political actors and the stakes of everyday social relationships.

German and French Students’ Strategies While Performing Geographical Comparisons in a Group Task Setting

“…In this definition, identifying patterns means to compare geographical spaces or places. While comparing geographically, many scientific and methodological practices are possible, such as selecting a large number of comparison criteria or variables to identify types or patterns (for example, to study urban growth of global cities [20]), or exploring, qualitatively, the local specificities of a common characteristic (for example, to analyse gentrification processes [21]). Comparison objectives are also very much discussed among geographers around the question of the possibility to generalize and derive rules from examples in a nomothetic way (e.g., [22]).…”

Southwark: gentrificación en la periferia de la ciudad neoliberal = Southwark: Gentrification process in the periphery of the neoliberal city

“…Por ello, desde ciertos ámbitos de la academia prefieren utilizar el término en plural (p.ej. Chabrol et al, 2016). Sin duda, en estos ejemplos se combinan procesos de gentrificación residencial, industrial (más intensa en Brooklyn), y comercial, en sus diversas variantes.…”

Partager et occuper l'espace public d'un quartier gentrifié : lecture de Jacques Rancière

“…De plus, les catégorisations sociales sont floues. Une porosité existe entre les groupes sociaux, comme le montrent (Brown‐Saracino, 2016; Chabrol et al, 2016; Schlichtman et al, 2017). Un monde populaire continue d'occuper des logements et l'espace public.…”