The gentrification process explained in 6 simple infographics. An Austrian designer hopes his visualisations will give meaning to statistics in a post-truth world.

INFOGRAPHIC: In Oakland, Gentrification Hasn’t Meant Less Poverty Or a Drop in Crime. We take a look at the clash between Oakland’s rising median household income, poverty rates and violent crimes.

Hipsters are the symptom, not the only cause, of a gentrification scheme also influenced by banks working in partnership with big-time developers. Close your eyes and picture the typical, vilified ...

Gentrification has long been a dirty word for forcing poor people out of neighborhoods across U.S. cities. When a poor neighborhood attracts higher income residents, expensive cafes and pricy ...

Gentrification is easy to spot if you know where to look. If homes in your neighborhood follow these trends, gentrification might be on the way.

Before there was gentrification, there was “brownstoning.” This was the movement of middle class professionals and creatives, beginning as early as the 1950s, to the ring of 19th century ...

Gentrification is becoming more common in US cities, raising questions about its health impacts on original, or “legacy,” residents, including both those who stay in place and those who move ...

Everything about gentrification is controversial — even its definition. One recent study by sociologist Michael Barton compared how the New York Times and researchers used the term to talk about ...

So politicians, policy wonks and pundits have all spent a lot of time agonizing over what to do about gentrification. They have called for reforms to permitting and zoning rules to make it easier ...

Most interestingly, gentrification is distinct in these places compared to large cities in a few ways. First, newcomers to small municipalities tend to be property and business owners instead of ...