<p>"Genetrification is well written, comprehensive, accessible, and balanced." <em>Gustav Visser, University of Free State, South Africa</em></p>

This first textbook on the topic of gentrification is written for upper-level undergraduates in geography, sociology, and planning. The gentrification of urban areas has accelerated across the globe to become a central engine of urban development, and it is a topic that has attracted a great deal of interest in both academia and the popular press. Gentrification presents major theoretical ideas and concepts with case studies, and summaries of the ideas in the book as well as offering ideas for future research.

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Gentrification presents major theoretical ideas and concepts with case studies, and summaries of the ideas in the book as well as offering ideas for future research. Written for upper-level undergraduates in geography, sociology, and planning.

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Preface

1 The Birth of Gentrification

2 Production Explanations

3 Consumption Explanations

4 The Mutation of Gentrification

5 Contemporary Gentrification

6 Gentrification positive or negative?

7 The Future of Gentrification?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415950367
Publisert
2007-09-14
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
589 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
338

Biografisk notat

Loretta Lees is Reader in Geography at Kings College-London.
Elvin Wyly is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia.
TomSlater is Lecturer of Urban Studies at the University of Bristol.