Planetary Gentrification

This collaborative project published by Polity Press attempts to challenge classic notions of gentrification. Using a transurban comparative analysis it asks us not to over generalise this process of urban transformation all too often linked to the ‘Global North’. It asks how can we make sense of the many specific cases of gentrification happening across the world within a context of on-going planetary urbanisation.

Other Resources

Loretta Lees’s podcast on Ruth Glass who originally coined the term ‘gentrification‘ in 1964.

Staying Put: An Anti-gentrification Handbook for Council Estates in London