Gentrification and Familism in Toronto
A Critique of Conventional Wisdom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2473809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jon Caulfield |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 76-89 |
| Publication date | 1992-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | City & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0893-0465 • E-ISSN: 1548-744X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/city.1992.6.1.76 |
| OpenAlex | W2006406315 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
THE PROCESS LABELED "gentrification" has often been conceived as a nonfamilial housing form within the framework of a role-emphasis model of residential choice. Exploratory fieldwork done in Toronto, however, suggests that some "gentrifiers" find inner-city housing highly congruent with child rearing and that inner-city residential preference is a holistic matter that is not reducible to role emphasis. These findings are interpreted in the context of an understanding of the construction of urban space that dissents from economistic paradigms and stresses the importance of the culture of everyday life, [gentrification, familism, housing, Toronto
Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban Planning and Governance
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2016 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |