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Andrej Holm
Humboldt-University Berlin
London, 1964
Gentrification is...
Exclusionary displacement
Fragestellungen
Model of Gentrification-Process
Sociological Explanations
(changing working conditions, new lifestyles, demography)
Economical Explanations
(Second cycles of capital, rent-rap-theory)
Expanding Demands
(ongoing trend to flexibilisation of work, shift to knowledge based
economies)
Policies of Gentrification
(contest between cities, entrepreneurial city orientation, revanchist
urban policies)
Modification
Gentrification as Urban Mainstream
Mutations and Modification
Agents / Actors
students gentrification (Smith 2005, Leeds)
touristification (Gotham 2005, New Orleans)
family gentrification (Karstens 2001, Amsterdam)
Spatial focus
new build gentrification (Davidson/Lees 2003)
rural gentrification (Dutton 2005, UK)
brownfield gentrification (Cameron 2003, UK)
Modes of Investment
(Re)Definition of Gentrification
1. Reinvestment of capital
mobility-chain-displacement
Gentrification in Berlin
Gentrification as Urban Mainstream
Challanges
for Gentrification-Research
spatial aspects
economic dimension
social effects
New Metropolitan
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Dr. Andrej Holm, Humboldt University Berlin
a.holm@sowi.hu-berlin.de
www.gentrificationblog.de