Contents

Introduction xi

PART 1 DEFINING GENTRIFICATION 1

Introduction to Part One 3

1 "London; Aspects of Change" 7 Ruth Glass

2 "Alternatives to Orthodoxy: Invitation to a Debate" 9 Neil Smith and Peter Williams

3 "The Chaos and Complexity of Gentnfication" 1 i Robert A. Beauregard

4 "The Order and Simplicity of Gentnfication - a Political Challenge" 24 Eric Clark

PART 2 STAGE MODELS OF GENTRIFICATION 31

Introduction to Part Two 33

5 "The Mature Revitalized Neighborhood: Emerging issues in Gentnfication" 3? Phillip L Clay

6 "Islands of Renewal in Seas of Decay" 40 Brian J. L. Berry

7 "The Demise of Gentnfication? A Commentary and Prospective View" 55 Larry S. Bourne

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" • HC c--:HHc•:n9 SUltc O; v^crtrit: Jason Hackworth and Neil Smith

PART 3 EXPLAINING/THEORIZING GENTRIFICATION 77

SECTION A PRODUCTION-SIDE EXPLANATIONS 79

Introduction to Section A 81

9 "Toward a Theory of Gentnfication: A BacK to the City Movement by Capital, not p6opi&' 35 Neil Smith

I OA "Commentary: Gentnfication and the Rent Gap" 99 Neil Smith

10B "Reply The Rent Gao Revisited" 103 David Ley

I I "The Rent Gao Debunked" 107 Steven C. Bourassa

1 2 ''Re-establishing the Rent Gap: An Alternative View of Capitalised Land Rent" 118 Daniel J. Hammel

SECTION B CONSUMPTION-SIDE EXPLANATIONS 127

Introduction to Section B 129

1 3 ''Gentnfication and the Politics of the New Middle Class" 134

David Ley

14 "Class Definition and the Esthetics of Gentnfication: Victoriana in Melbourne" 153 Michael Jager

15 "-Gentrificaiion'and Desire" 161 Jon Caulfield

16 "Li fe on the Upslope*: The Postmodern Landscape of Gentnfication" 171 Caroline A. Mills

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SECTION C MOVING OUTSIDE OF THE PRODUCTION VERSUS CONSUMPTION

STALEMATE 189

Introduction to Section C 191

17 "Rethinking Gentrification: Beyond the Uneven Development of Marxist Urban Theory" 195 Damaris Rose

18 "Gentrification: Culture and Capital in the Urban Core" 220 Sharon Zukin

19 "The Blind Men and the Elephant: The Explanation of Gentnfication" 233 Chris Hamnett

20 "On Blindness, Centrepieces and Complementarity in Gentrification Theory" 251 Eric Clark

SECTION D GENTRIFICATION AND GENDER, SEXUALITY, RACE/ETHNICITY 257

Introduction to Section D 259

21 "Gender Divisions and Gentrification: A Critique" 263 Liz Bondi

22 "Toward an Analysis of the Roie of Gay Communities in the Urban Renaissance" 272 Mickey Lauria and Lawrence Knopp

23 "Can You Go Home Again? Black Gentrification and the Dilemma of Difference" 285 Monique M. Taylor

24 "Negotiating Grit and Glamour; Young Women of Color and the Gentrification of the Lower East Side" 399 Caitlin Cahill

PART 4 GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT 315

Introduction to Part Four 317

25 "Neighborhood Revitalization and Displacement: A Review of the Evidence" 324 Howard J. Sumka

26 "Abandonment, Gentrification, and Displacement: The Linkages in New York City" 333 Peter Marcuse

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27 "The Hidden Costs of Gentrification: Displacement in Centra! London" 348 Rowland Atkinson

28 "Gentrification and Displacement: New York City in the 1990s" 361 Lance Freeman and Frank Braconi

PART 5 GEOGRAPHIES OF GENTRIFICATION 375

Introduction to Part Five 377

29 "A Reappraisal of Gentnfication: Towards a 'Geography of Gentnfication'" 382 Loretta Lees

30 "Social Capital. Gentnfication and Neighbourhood Change in London: A Comparison of Three South London Neighbourhoods" 397 Tim Butler and Garry Robson

31 " t Want to be Global'1 Theorising the Gentrifying Ciass as an Emergent Elite Global Community" 411 Matthew W. Rofe

32 "Other Geographies of Gentrification" 424 Martin Phillips

PART 6 GENTRIFICATION AND URBAN POLICY 445

Introduction to Part Six 447

33 "The Case for Gentrification" 452 William H. Whyte

34 "Islands of Decay in Seas of Renewal: Housing Policy and the Resurgence of Gentrification" 455 Elvin K. Wyly and Daniel J. Hammel

35 "New Globafism. New Urbanism: Gentrification as Global Urban Strategy" 495 Neil Smith

36 "Gentrification as a Governmental Strategy: Social Control and Social Cohesion in Hoogvliet Rotterdam** 509 Justus Uitermark, Jan Willem Duyvendak and Reinout Kleinhans

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PART 7 RESISTING GENTRIFICATION 523

Introduction to Part Seven 525

37 "The Right to Stay Put" 531 Chester Hartman

38 "The Right to Stay Put. Revisited: Gentrification and Resistance to Displacement in New York City" 542 Kathe Newman and Elvin K. Wyly

39 "The Eviction of Critical Perspectives from Gentrification Research" 573 Tom Slater

40 "In the Face of Gentrification: Conclusion" 591 Diane K. Levy, Jennifer Comey and Sandra Padilla

Sources of readings 597

Index 603