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Commentary : Gentrification, segregation and the vocabulary of affluent residential choice
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Atkinson, R, Commentary : Gentrification, segregation and the vocabulary of affluent residential choice, Urban Studies, 45, (12) pp. 2626-2636. ISSN 1360-063X (2008) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright © 2008 SAGE Publications
Official URL: http://www.uk.sagepub.com
DOI: doi:10.1177/0042098008097110
Abstract
When I began my doctoral work, on
gentrification in London, I was fuelled by a desire
to measure what was largely an invisible
social problem. Household displacement had
barely been tackled as an issue and, as for
public policy, the idea had entered neither
the vocabulary or psychology, except perhaps
through well-known texts on the impacts of
dislocation through slum clearance, such
as that by Young and Willmott (1964).The almost total
influence of gentrification in many centralcity
areas suggests that any displacement
that could be achieved has already occurred
and that this has already left many boroughs
and neighbourhoods as high-income enclaves,
often with a remnant scattering of
public housing.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Urban sociology and community studies |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Government and politics |
Objective Field: | Civics and citizenship |
UTAS Author: | Atkinson, R (Associate Professor Rowland Atkinson) |
ID Code: | 54953 |
Year Published: | 2008 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 31 |
Deposited By: | Sociology and Social Work |
Deposited On: | 2009-03-03 |
Last Modified: | 2012-09-24 |
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