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New-Build 'Gentrification' and London's Riverside Renaissance

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ID4143532
AuthorsMark Davidson (0000-0003-0012-4540, King's College London, corresponding author), Loretta Lees (0000-0001-5834-8155, King's College London, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume37
Issue7
Pages1165-1190
Publication date2005-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a3739
OpenAlexW1998551134
LanguageEN
Citations received377
References cited52

In a recent conference paper Lambert and Boddy (2002) questioned whether new-build residential developments in UK city centres were examples of gentrification. They concluded that this stretched the term too far and coined 'residentialisation' as an alternative term. In contrast, we argue in this paper that new-build residential developments in city centres are examples of gentrification. We argue that new-build gentrification is part and parcel of the maturation and mutation of the gentrification process during the post-recession era. We outline the conceptual cases for and against new-build 'gentrification', then, using the case of London's riverside renaissance, we find in favour of the case for

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