The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist CityWhy have so many central and inner cities in Europe, North America and Australia been so radically revamped in the last three decades, converting urban decay into new chic? Will the process continue in the twenty-first century or has it ended? What does this mean for the people who live there? Can they do anything about it? |
Contents
IS GENTRIFICATION A DIRTY WORD? | |
LOCAL ARGUMENTS From consumer sovereignty to the rent | |
GLOBAL ARGUMENTS Uneven development | |
MARKET STATE AND IDEOLOGY Society Hill | |
ON GENERALITIES AND EXCEPTIONS Three European cities | |
MAPPING THE GENTRIFICATION FRONTIER | |
Notes | |