Essays about: "Gentrification"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 122 essays containing the word Gentrification.

1. 6. Bengaluru burning

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Mahima Moolbharati; [2023]
   Keywords : heatwave vulnerability; sustainability science; critical urban theory; neoliberalism; gentrification; postcolonialism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Climate-changed induced extreme events like heatwaves have become increasingly critical issues in urban India. Rapidly growing cities are vulnerable to adverse effects of heatwaves exacerbated by inequalities embedded in urbanisation. READ MORE

3. 7. Stigmatization and its overshadow on urban green spaces in Gottsunda : the study of a segregated suburban area where existing green spaces are fading away

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Mashiat Raisa; [2023]
   Keywords : Gottsunda; stigmatization; segregation; green spaces; marginalized; crime; whiteness; planning; redevelopment;

   Abstract : In this modern era, when we are living in a society surrounded by advanced science and technology on the one hand, stigmatization as a form of social injustice is very much evident and still increasing in the social landscape on the other hand. In this thesis, I investigate the ongoing trend of redevelopment and densification projects in the Swedish context, explicitly targeting the marginalized neighborhoods in a Million Program housing areas built after the post-war period. READ MORE

4. 8. Climate Resilience or Displacement? : A case study on potential climate adaptation gentrification by public rental housing organizations in Gothenburg, Sweden

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

   Author : Sara Berg; [2023]
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   Abstract : This master’s thesis explores indications of climate adaptation gentrification in Framtiden, public rental housing association in Gothenburg Sweden. It intends to provide insights into how increasing climate change adaptation could have social implications by problematizing it, to contribute to a just climate change adaptation. READ MORE

5. 9. Social infrastructures of urban solidarity : Neighborhood art spaces and their potential for negotiating difference

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Corina Maria Damian; [2023]
   Keywords : Urban solidarity; civic sociality; neighborhood art spaces; social infrastructures; urban encounters; negotiation of difference;

   Abstract : In the context of negative consequences following an economic growth paradigm, in the urban sphere, such as uneven urban development, marginalization, gentrification and austerity measures, the present study directs the focus towards the spaces of civic promise. These spaces have the potential to challenge the commoditized and consumerist urban practices and imagine alternative futures. READ MORE

6. 10. Nomadism without Borders: Exploring Connections in Digital Nomad Destinations : An Ethnographic Multiple-Case Study in Malaysia & Colombia

   University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Joan Boluda Chova; Konstantin Trutz von Ehrlich-Treuenstätt; [2023]
   Keywords : digital nomad; destinations; practices; locals; gentrification; alienation;

   Abstract : Background: Globalization and remote work following COVID-19 have boosted the tourism profiles of lifestyle travelers. Especially digital nomads, individuals that work remotely while traveling. These arising tourists contrast with the mass tourism industry, in the sense that digital nomads stay longer and may engage with local culture. READ MORE