Article: “What Makes Gentrification ‘Gentrification’?
This paper emphasizes how thinking of gentrification as a supply and demand problem is useful but has fundamental problems. One of which is that gentrifiers don’t gentrify because they have to but because they can. Lee argues that the way people have looked at examples of gentrification fails to define the key concept of abandonment. This paper also talks about gentrification and the class created because of it. The issues discussed in this paper have many sources cited as well as explanations and examples of how the issues have been seen throughout history. A strength of this study is its broad view of gentrification in society as a whole making it more accessible. This article would help in explaining possible theories for my paper as well as providing a guide to explaining what gentrification is in my final paper.
Article: “Gentrification and the Increasing Significance of Racial Transition in New York City 1970-2010”
This study uses the Longitudinal Tract DataBase and the National Establishment Times Series database to examine the difference in socioeconomic, housing, and commercial attributes in gentrified neighborhoods and non-gentrified neighborhoods each decade in NYC. As well as examining if racial expansion has a significant impact and what role it plays in gentrification over time. This study also shows how the income growth of Black and Latinos affect the pace of gentrification. This study provides charts that can be useful when writing the final paper as well as descriptions of the time periods that they collected information from. For example, it mentions that in the 1970’s the findings are not fully reliable because the U.S. census would label Latinos as white. This study also includes the rates at which rent increased to correlate with the incomes of Blacks and Latinos. This study concludes that even middle-class Blacks and Latinos are unable to keep up with the gentrifying neighborhoods.
Article: “Racial Composition and Trajectories of Gentrification in the United States”
This study focuses on how race can affect where gentrification would be most likely to occur and emphasizes that not all neighborhoods would be impacted equally. This study also examines three specific gentrifications; marginal, income, and super. As well as examining White, Blacks, Latinos, and no racial majority. This study also takes into account the racial differences in wealth, homeownership, neighborhood investments, and class standing. This study provides US Census data as well as detailed summaries of the data. However, this topic does not fit with my topic because it is too broad. It examines the US from 1970-2010, giving too much room for interpretation.
Article “Why can’t we grasp gentrification? Or: Gentrification as a moving target”
This paper focuses on why we can’t control gentrification and shows us this by giving us a theory called “A process in a process” which is the following “He argues that gentrification starts when pioneers take the risk to fix up their houses. This stage is followed by the influx of new gentrifiers and accompanied by promotional activities that highlight the perks of the developing neighborhood. While the early stages are not accompanied by much displacement, eventually the middle-class enters the neighborhood and, consequently, displacement occurs at a rather large scale.”
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“Is gentrification all bad? The positive association between gentrification and individual’s perceived neighborhood collective efficacy in Montreal, Canada”
This study, focuses on how gentrification can affect the efficacy and has been associated with many health benefits at the neighborhood level. In this study it shows that Gentrifcation had a positive affect on efficacy, Gentrifcation was positively associated with collective efficacy Gentrifers (individuals moving into gentrifying‑ ing neighborhoods) had higher collective efficacy than individuals that lived in a neighborhood that did not gentrify.
