Global Gentrifications: Uneven Development and Displacement

ISBN 10: 1447313488 / ISBN 13: 9781447313489

Editore: Policy Press, 2015

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Riassunto:

Under contemporary capitalism the extraction of value from the built environment has escalated, a phenomenon working in tandem with other urban processes to lay the foundations for the exploitative processes of gentrification worldwide. Global Gentrifications critically assesses and tests the meaning and significance of gentrification in places outside the usual suspects of the Global North. Informed by a rich array of case studies from cities in Asia, Latin America, Africa, Southern Europe, and beyond, the book illuminates both the geographical generalities and specificities associated with the uneven process of gentrification globally. Highlighting the intensifying global struggles over urban space, it underlines gentrification as a growing and important battleground in the contemporary world, making the book a vital resource for students and academics as well as policy makers, planners, and community organizations.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Loretta Lees is professor of human geography and director of research in the Department of Geography at the University of Leicester, UK. She is coeditor, most recently, of Sustainable London?: The Future of a Global City, also published by Policy Press. Hyun Bang Shin is associate professor of geography and urban studies in the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Ernesto López-Morales is associate professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Chile.

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Titolo: Global Gentrifications: Uneven Development ...
Casa editrice: Policy Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2015
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New