Gentrifications : views from Europe

"Offering an original discussion of the gentrification phenomenon in Europe, this book provides new theoretical insights into classical works on the subject. Using a thorough analysis of the diversity of the forms, places and actors of gentrification in an attempt to isolate its 'DNA', the book addresses the place of social groups in cities, their competition over the appropriation of space, the infrastructure unequally offered to them by economic and political actors and the stakes of everyday social relationships"-- Provided by publisher CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION. FROM GENTRIFICATION TO GENTRIFICATIONS Part I STRUCTURES CHAPTER 1 FROM INDUSTRY TO REAL ESTATE Creating the Gentrification Supply Introduction CHAPTER 1 FROM INDUSTRY TO REAL ESTATE Creating the Gentrifi cation Supply CHAPTER 2 THE EXISTING BUILT ENVIRONMENT How Urban Morphologies Inform Gentrifi cation ‘Potentials’ CHAPTER 3 ON THE DIVERSITY OF GENTRIFIERS Structural Effects and Contextual Effects Part II POLICIES Introduction CHAPTER 4 ARE PRO-GENTRIFICATION POLICIES REAL? An Evidence-Based Inquiry CHAPTER 5 GENTRIFICATION A Matter of Images and Representations CHAPTER 6 MOVING UPMARKET A Neoliberal Strategy of Urban (Re)Development Part III INHABITANTS Introduction CHAPTER 7 GENTRIFICATION, PAUPERIZATION, IMMIGRATION One Process May Hide Another CHAPTER 8 POPULAR CONTINUITIES IN GENTRIFYING NEIGHBOURHOODS The Presences and Practices of Nonresidents CHAPTER 9 RESIDING IN A GENTRIFYING NEIGHBOURHOOD The Importance of Trajectories and Mobilities CHAPTER 10 NEGOTIATING DIVERSITY IN DAILY LIFE Controlled Neighbourly Relations and School Choices CONCLUSION INDEX