London, as viewed in the data, may be seen as a discretely identified area even though this is not the case. Any migratory changes may …

  Smith and LeFaivre (1984) argue that “capitalism is based precisely on its ability to displace the working class in all sorts of situations” yet …

Although the ebb and flow of gentrification in Britain today appears to have declined, it is important to understand what form it takes when the …

The study of gentrification has never really specified a definition in the true sense of the word; a statement that precisely delimits its nature. Rather, …

Perhaps the nicest benefit for parents of small children in Battery Park City, is its openness and the perception of comparatively safer streets. The continuity …

While it was true of the early gentrification literature that it was overly descriptive it is now possible that the literature has become too theoretical. …

What is gentrification? It has been observed by many writers, considered shortly, that it is very difficult to distinguish temporally, qualitatively and quantitatively the nature …

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, London was the most important and powerful centre of production and exchange in Britain, if not the world. Its economic …

While it may be impossible to pin down the beginnings of gentrification, Wiener (1980) has described the purchase and habitation of rural cottages in the …

The so-called ‘gentrification’ of cities across the globe was initially coined in 1964 by Ruth Glass who observed an influx of the middle classes into …