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The geography of gentrification

Thinking through comparative urbanism

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ID5779263
AuthorsLoretta Lees (0000-0001-5834-8155, King's College London, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume36
Issue2
Pages155-171
Publication date2011-07-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProgress in Human Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-1325 • E-ISSN: 1477-0288
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0309132511412998
OpenAlexW2145103558
LanguageEN
Citations received240
References cited76

This paper revisits the 'geography of gentrification' thinking through the literature on comparative urbanism. I argue that given the 'mega-gentrification' affecting many cities in the Global South gentrification researchers need to adopt a postcolonial approach taking on board critiques around developmentalism, categorization and universalism. In addition they need to draw on recent work on the mobilities and assemblages of urban policies/policy-making in order to explore if, and how, gentrification has travelled from the Global North to the Global South

Developmentalism · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Gentrification · Geography · Political science · Regional science · Sociology · Universalism · Urbanism · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Rural development and sustainability · Urban Planning and Governance

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