Commercial Gentrification in Post‐Industrial Neighbourhoods

A Dynamic View From an Entrepreneur’s Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID10834014
AuthorsIngmar Pastak (0000-0002-9159-5673, Department of Geography, Institute for Ecology and Earth Sciences University of Tartu 46 Vanemuise St. 51014 Tartu Estonia, corresponding author), Eneli Kindsiko (0000-0001-9466-6070, School of Economics and Business Administration, Chair of Economic Modelling University of Tartu 4 J.Liivi St. 50409 Tartu Estonia), Tiit Tammaru (0000-0003-1590-1269, Department of Geography, Institute for Ecology and Earth Sciences University of Tartu 46 Vanemuise St. 51014 Tartu Estonia), Reinout Kleinhans (0000-0002-5714-2128, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Department of Urbanism Delft University of Technology P.O. Box 5043 2600 GA Delft the Netherlands), Maarten Van Ham (0000-0002-2106-0702, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Department of Urbanism Delft University of Technology P.O. Box 5043 2600 GA Delft the Netherlands)
Year2019
Volume110
Issue5
Pages588-604
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-747X • E-ISSN: 1467-9663
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/tesg.12377
OpenAlexW2964355144
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited47

In urban geography research there is a small supply of articles which reflect upon the aims and motives of entrepreneurs when they enter neighbourhoods that are undergoing a process of gentrification. The aim of this paper is to better understand the explanatory factors behind the timing of entrepreneurial changes that take place during the commercial gentrification process in Tallinn’s post‐industrial neighbourhoods. Based on thirty in‐depth interviews, we propose an explanation from the supply perspective that highlights the dynamics behind motivation‐based influences. By modifying the diffusion of the innovation theory developed by Rogers we are able to show how, during the different phases of the process, groups of pioneers, early adopters, the early and late majority, and laggards enter a neighbourhood that is being gentrified by varying objectives, and associate the dynamics behind the process with the follower effect that is being shaped by knowledge diffusion, a specific market niche, and physical co‐location

Business · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Gentrification · Innovation diffusion · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Perspective (graphical · Process (computing · Sociology · Computer Science · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Marketing · Rural development and sustainability · Urban Planning and Governance

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