Handbook of Urban Geography
Edited by Tim Schwanen and Ronald van Kempen
Chapter 19: Gentrification and displacement: urban inequality in cities of late capitalism
Agustín Cocola-Gant
Abstract
This chapter discusses what gentrification is and why it is the cause of urban inequalities. In the last fifty years, gentrification has grown from a few cities in the Global North to become a worldwide strategy for capital accumulation. The following pages explore this evolution and contributes towards explaining why it has become a prominent topic for urban geography research, policy makers and social movements. The chapter shows the role of the state and neoliberal urban policies in advancing gentrification, stressing the fact that the growth of the phenomenon is a central ingredient for the reproduction of capitalism. Finally, it assesses the way in which gentrification displaces residents from their places and so provides a critical understanding of gentrification as a process of social exclusion.
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