Tourism, Gentrification and Neighbourhood Change: An Analytical Framework– Reflections from Southern European Cities

Cocola‐Gant, Agustín; Gago, Ana Rosa Arias; Báez, Jaime Jover

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“…In the light of the above, there is consistent evidence on upward trends in property and rental prices at tourist places; indirectly, as a general process of revalorization of land and estates, and directly, as an outcome of the so-called “airbnbsation of cities” (Sequera and Nofre, 2018). This points to a process of displacement of long-term residents (and vulnerable social groups in particular) from areas subject to the highest level of tourism pressure (Cocola-Gant and Gago, 2019), along with other explanatory factors linked to the discomfort of living in an overcrowded space and the worsening of the quality of life in rapidly transforming neighborhoods (Cocola et al, 2020), or the casualization of labor that is a characteristic of the platform economy (Stabrowski, 2017).…”

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“…On the other hand, however, the economic pressure of the visitor economy is also assumed to have a negative side effect on the destination’s real-estate market in terms of housing affordability. Based on the literature on tourism gentrification (Cocola-Gant, 2019; Cocola et al, 2020; García-López et al, 2020), we anticipate a direct relationship between tourism growth and the increase in rental prices, which in turn could push the most vulnerable sectors of the resident population to move out from their homes. The consistency of the model is tested by means of a path analysis including 10 observed variables, the specifics of which are detailed below.…”

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Tourism pressure as a driver of social inequalities: a BSEM estimation of housing instability in European urban areas

Valente¹,

Russo

Vermeulen

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European Urban and Regional Studies

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There is a certain agreement in the regional economics literature on tourism development as a lever of territorial cohesion and regional convergence. Yet, evidence about its impact on social inclusion within destination regions is scant. The emerging literature placing tourism development as a driver of inequality relies mostly on qualitative methods and individual case studies, thus overlooking a cross-national perspective. In this article, we address this gap by estimating the impacts of tourism growth between 2013 and 2018 on housing instability through its effects on rents and the perceived financial burden of housing costs. Based on a combination of data sourced from Eurostat and a geo-located dataset of Airbnb listings, a Bayesian path analysis model was specified with a sample of densely populated areas in 85 European regions. Results reveal the controversial influence of tourism on urban destinations, indicating how the increase in the number of visitors may benefit mean incomes and relieve the pressure on housing costs, while at the same time, driving a higher dispersion of income and residential displacement. A clear difference is established between homeowners and tenants to this regard: the former can use the opportunities of rent extraction in the platform economy to withstand the economic pressure of tourism, while the latter are more exposed to the risk of having to leave their homes.

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Tourism pressure as a driver of social inequalities: a BSEM estimation of housing instability in European urban areas

Valente¹,

Russo

Vermeulen

et al. 2022

European Urban and Regional Studies

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“…A dzsentrifikáció jelenségét az 1990-es évek óta tudatosan használja a városfejlesztési politika a belvárosi területek problémáinak (társadalmi és fizikai degradáció, elnéptelenedés, elöregedés) látszólagos "megoldására" (Smith 2002, Atkinson 2003, Lees 2000hazai viszonylatban: Csanádi et al 2006, Tomay 2006, Jelinek 2019, Timár 2019. A dzsentrifikáció elősegíti a turizmus elterjedését is, hiszen turistabarát, biztonságos tereket, szolgáltatásokat és középosztálybeli helyérzetet teremt, ami további fogyasztókat vonz a területre (Cocola-Gant 2018, Cocola-Gant et al 2020. A növekvő turisztikai nyomás, a folyamatos tömeg, zaj és éjszakai élet, a megváltozó szolgáltatások, azaz a "turisztifikáció" ugyancsak elősegíti a dzsentrifikációt, a korábbi lakósság kiszorulását.…”

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Meghasadt valóságok – dilemmák a turizmus és a dzsentrifikáció szerepéről a vidék fejlődése kapcsán

Nemes¹,

Orbán²,

Tomay³

2022

Szociológiai szemle

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Tanulmányunk a vidéki turizmusnak a vidék dzsentrifikációjában betöltött szerepét, az ezzel kapcsolatos sikereket és dilemmákat tárgyalja két divatos hazai desztináció példáján. Az utóbbi évtizedekben a vidéki (öko-, gasztro-, alternatív stb.) turizmusra a kutatók és a szakpolitikusok is Európa-szerte a vidékfejlesztési problémák lehetséges megoldásaként tekintenek. Ez a fejlesztési irány alapvetően kis léptékű, helyi erőforrásokra épít, miközben gazdasági fellendülést és életet visz a kiürülő falvakba. Első látásra tehát mindenben megfelel a szakirodalomból jól ismert neoendogén, fenntartható fejlesztés kritériumainak. Ezzel szemben kutatásaink szerint a turizmus előretörésének helyi következményei még a (gazdaságilag) sikeres lokalitások esetében is számos dilemmát vetnek fel, gyakran csak díszletként használva a természeti, épített és kulturális értékekben bővelkedő tájakat. Elemzésünk párhuzamot von a városrehabilitációs szakpolitikák jól ismert, sokszor leírt dzsentrifikációs működése és a vidékfejlesztés jelenleg kibontakozó dzsentrifikációs hatásai között. Az épített környezet megmentése, egy terület társadalmi és gazdasági státuszának emelése viszonylag könnyen elérhető a vidéki turizmus és az ekként bekövetkező dzsentrifikáció révén. Ugyanakkor a helyi értékek komplex védelme, a gazdasági-társadalmi struktúra fejlesztése, vagyis a „helyi életvilág” dinamikus megőrzése ennél összetettebb feladat, a helyi közösségbe ágyazott, integrált szemléletet, reflexivitást, a neoendogén fejlesztés elveinek következetes alkalmazását igényli.

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“…The severe increase in poverty aggravated by spreading economic asymmetries caused by the 2008 financial crisis were coupled with the harsh impacts of an austerity package implemented by the national government between 2011 and 2014. Despite massive budgetary cuts to local authorities (Teles, 2016), Lisbon has experienced a sensible economic recovery in the last few years, driven mainly by tax incentives and liberalisations in real estate, as well as the substantial growth of unregulated short-term rentals for tourists (Mendes 2018;Cocola-Gant et al 2020).…”

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“…While unemployment rates had recovered slightly, despite continuing to have among the lowest wages in Europe (Observatório sobre Crises e Alternativas 2018) and high rates of income inequality (OECD 2019), the disruptive nature of the Covid-19 pandemic has temporarily arrested this positive trend. The global collapse of national and international mobility, and the impact on the real estate and tourism sectors are likely to radically transform the city (Cocola-Gant et al 2020).…”

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Tackling urban disparities through participatory culture-led urban regeneration. Insights from Lisbon

Falanga

Nunes

2021

Land Use Policy

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Tackling urban disparities through participatory culture-led urban regeneration. Insights from LisbonIn the last few decades, the diffusion of culture-led urban regeneration schemes has intercepted the growth of participatory approaches across a wide range of policy domains.Partnerships between private and public agencies have sought, accordingly, the engagement of citizens and stakeholders to push forward context-specific interventions.From the participatory action research developed in Lisbon, one of the cities funded under the EU-funded project ROCK, we analyse the ways in which this project has tackled spatial divides and socioeconomic inequalities in the project demonstration area. Our main argument is that operational decisions and substantive mismatches have given rise to opportunities and bottlenecks throughout the implementation of the project. While the public investment has been directed to regenerate a deprived area, it has fallen short of promoting greater connections within the area and with the surrounding neighbourhoods.ROCK's actions have only partially met local community expectations regarding the project's objectives for the optimisation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, with impacts over degrees of citizen engagement in the local Living Lab.

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Tourism, Gentrification and Neighbourhood Change: An Analytical Framework– Reflections from Southern European Cities

Cited by 30 publications

References 22 publications

Tourism pressure as a driver of social inequalities: a BSEM estimation of housing instability in European urban areas

Tourism pressure as a driver of social inequalities: a BSEM estimation of housing instability in European urban areas

Meghasadt valóságok – dilemmák a turizmus és a dzsentrifikáció szerepéről a vidék fejlődése kapcsán

Tackling urban disparities through participatory culture-led urban regeneration. Insights from Lisbon

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