TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schlichtman,John Joe
AU  - Hill,Marc Lamont
AU  - Patch,Jason
TI  - Gentrifier
T2  - UTP insights
SN  - 9781442650459
AV  - HT170 .S34 2017
U1  - 307.3/416 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Toronto, Buffalo, London
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Gentrification
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index; Tools -- Dispatches -- Invasions -- Columbus -- Collisions
N2  - "As urban job prospects change to reflect a more 'creative' economy and the desire for a particular form of 'urban living' continues to grow, so too does the migration of young people to cities. Gentrification and gentrifiers are often understood as 'dirty' words, ideas discussed at a veiled distance. Gentrifiers, in particular, are usually a 'they.' Gentrifier demystifies the idea of gentrification by opening a conversation that links the theoretical and the grassroots, spanning the literature of urban sociology, geography, planning, policy, and more. Along with established research, new analytical tools, and contemporary anecdotes, John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch, and Marc Lamont Hill place their personal experiences as urbanists, academics, parents, and spouses at the centre of analysis. They expose raw conversations usually reserved for the privacy of people's intimate social networks in order to complicate our understanding of the individual decisions behind urban living and the displacement of low-income residents. The authors' accounts of living in New York City, San Diego, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Providence link economic, political, and sociocultural factors to challenge the readers' current understanding of gentrification and their own roles within their neighbourhoods."--
ER  -