gentrification

gentrification
/jen'treuh fi kay"sheuhn/, n.
1. the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
2. an instance of gentrifying; the condition of being gentrified.
[1975-80; GENTRI(FY) + -FICATION]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Gentrification — and urban gentrification refer to the changes that result when wealthier people ( gentry ) acquire or rent property in low income and working class communities.[1] Urban gentrification is associated with movement. Consequent to gentrification,… …   Wikipedia

  • gentrification — by 1977, from GENTRIFY (Cf. gentrify) on model of qualification, etc …   Etymology dictionary

  • Gentrification — Le quartier de Harlem à New York, traditionnellement un « ghetto noir mal famé », aujourd hui en reconquête par les classes aisées qui le rénovent et se l approprient. La gentrification (de gentry, « petite noblesse » en… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Gentrification — Die Gentrifizierung (von engl. Gentry /dʒɛntri/: niederer Adel), teils auch Gentrifikation (von engl. Gentrification), umgangssprachlich auch Yuppisierung,[1] ist ein in der Stadtgeographie angewandter Begriff, der einen sozialen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • gentrification — gentrify gen‧tri‧fy [ˈdʒentrfaɪ] verb gentrified PTandPP [transitive] be gentrified PROPERTY if an area of a city where poor people live is gentrified, people with more money go to live there, and the buildings are improved and become more… …   Financial and business terms

  • gentrification — gentrify ► VERB (gentrifies, gentrified) ▪ renovate and improve (a house or district) so that it conforms to middle class taste. DERIVATIVES gentrification noun gentrifier noun …   English terms dictionary

  • gentrification — noun Date: 1964 the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • gentrification — noun /ʤentrɪfɪ keɪʃn/ the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents …   Wiktionary

  • gentrification —   the renovation of the housing fabric in an old, usually inner city area, when more affluent groups displace lower income groups en masse over a relatively short period of time. May be triggered by a clear event such as the improvement or… …   Geography glossary

  • gentrification — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. renovation, urban renewal, upscaling; see renewal , restoration 1 …   English dictionary for students

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”