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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Rather than understand gentrification as a systemic issue, the term has simply become an insult people throw around. ? Skip to content Skip to footer. On Gentrification, We Don’t Know What ...

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 ...

A report published May 14 by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition showed Nashville as the most "intensely" gentrifying city in the U.S.

Gentrification happens at the neighborhood level. In the 1960s, the first observers of gentrification noticed that middle-class homeowners seemed to “tiptoe” into neighborhoods and gradually alter ...

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 ...