Gentrification, displacement, and alternative futures = ited by Erualdo González Romero, Michelle E. Zuñiga, Ashley C. Hernandez... [et al

Gentrification is one of the most debilitating―and least understood―issues in American cities today. Scholars and community activists adjoin in Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures to engage directly and critically with the issue of gentrification and to address its impacts on marginalized, materially exploited, and displaced communities. Authors in this collection begin to unpack and explore the forces that underlie these significant changes in an area’s social character and spatial landscape. Central in their analyses is an emphasis on racial formations and class relations, as they each look to find the essence of the urban condition through processes of demographic change, economic restructuring, and gentrification. Their original findings locate gentrification within a carefully integrated theoretical and political framework and challenge readers to look critically at the present and future of gentrification studies. Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures is a vital read for scholars and researchers, as well as planners and organizers hoping to understand the contemporary changes happening in our urban areas. "Gentrification is one of the most debilitating-and least understood-issues in American cities today. Scholars and community activists adjoin in Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures to engage directly and critically with the issue of gentrification and to address its impacts on marginalized, materially exploited, and displaced communities. Authors in this collection begin to unpack and explore the forces that underly these significant changes in an area's social character and spatial landscape. Central in their analyses is an emphasis on racial formations and class relations, as they each look to find the essence of the urban condition through processes of demographic change, economic restructuring, and gentrification. Their original findings locate gentrification within a carefully integrated theoretical and political framework and challenge readers to look critically at the present and future of gentrification studies. Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures is a vital read for scholars and researchers, as well as planners and organizers hoping to understand the contemporary changes happening in our urban areas"-- Provided by publisher Gentrification is one of the most debilitating - and least understood - issues in American cities in the early twenty-first century. Scholars and community activists adjoin in this book to engage directly and critically with the issue of gentrification, and to address its impacts on marginalized, materially exploited, and displaced communities. Authors in this collection begin to unpack and explore the forces that underly these significant changes in an area's social character and spatial landscape. Central in their analyses is an emphasis on racial formations and class relations, as they each look to find the essence of the urban condition through processes of demographic change, economic restructuring, and gentrification. Their original findings locate gentrification within a carefully integrated theoretical and political framework and challenge readers to look critically at the present and future of gentrification studies. This book is a vital read for scholars and researchers, as well as planners and organizers hoping to understand the contemporary changes happening in urban areas. -- Provided by publisher Cover Endorsements Half Title Title Page Copyright Page CONTENTS List of Contributors Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Neighborhood Change in Near-Transit Latinx Communities: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development 3. Downtown Revitalization in Tucson, Arizona: A Historical Case Study of the Menlo Park Barrio—A Case for New Realities 4. Houses for Living, Not Profit 5. Displacing Los Angeles Chinatown: Racialization and Development in an Asian American Space 6. Gentrification and Resistance in the U.S. South: The Case of the Historic Third Ward Neighborhood in Houston, Texas 7. Commercial Gentrification in a Downtown “Made in Mexico”: The Case of Santa Ana in Southern California, 1980–2011 8. Teaching, Learning, and Relationships to Space: Toward a Spatially Engaged Pedagogy 9. Artists as “Shock Troops” of Gentrification? 10. Gentrification in New Orleans: Global Discourses and Material Effects