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The Diversity of Gentrification in Houston's Urban Renaissance

From Cleansing the Urban Poor to Supergentrification

Bibliographic Data

ID4847875
AuthorsAngelo Podagrosi (PitneyBowes MapInfo, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA, corresponding author), Igor Vojnovic (0000-0001-8265-1920, Michigan State University, corresponding author), Bruce Wm Pigozzi (Michigan State University, corresponding author), Bruce Pigozzi (Michigan State University)
Year2011
Volume43
Issue8
Pages1910-1929
Publication date2011-08-01
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/a43526
OpenAlexW1999418925
LanguageEN
Citations received37
References cited27

The paper explores the diversity of gentrification, which involves various types of agents and processes in driving Houston's urban renaissance. The research advances a technique that enables a broader analysis of gentrification, consistent with the approaches of Damaris Rose, Robert Beauregard, and Eric Clark to studying this process. A principal components analysis and a K-means cluster analysis revealed a grouping of fifty-four tracts in Houston, consisting of some 75 km2 just within the 610 loop (Houston's urban core), experiencing similar levels of upgrading. A qualitative analysis was developed around three case-study neighborhoods, captured from this one cluster, identifying similar scales of gentrification, but showing the internal diversity of the process: the 'chaos' and the 'complexity' of gentrification. The authors explore different mechanisms of redevelopment, used in different combinations throughout the city by different types of agents, in driving reinvestment and displacement throughout Houston's urban core and surrounding neighborhoods. The research suggests that no one income group in Houston is secure in maintaining its socio-economic neighborhood composition, including the rich

Civil engineering · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Gentrification · Geography · Redevelopment · Regional science · Sociology · The Renaissance · Anthropology · Engineering · History · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Urbanization and City Planning

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Citations per year2,64
Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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