Torthaí cuardaigh - "gentrification"

The ownership support policies implemented by the Brussels Region are intended for certain categories of household and target certain neighbourhoods in the centre of the first ring. Via the different measures which have been established, the Region channels private investment towards certain working...

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The ownership support policies implemented by the Brussels Region are intended for certain categories of household and target certain neighbourhoods in the centre of the first ring. Via the different measures which have been established, the Region channels private investment towards certain working...

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The accessibility of housing to low-income households in downtown Brussels has become much more complicated over the last decade. At the same time, there have been many clear signs of renewed investment in these neighbourhoods. This article proposes an interpretation of these ongoing changes in Brus...

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The accessibility of housing to low-income households in downtown Brussels has become much more complicated over the last decade. At the same time, there have been many clear signs of renewed investment in these neighbourhoods. This article proposes an interpretation of these ongoing changes in Brus...

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Following the introduction of the “gentrification” concept by Ruth Glass in 1964, Anglo-Saxon urban geographers have extensively studied the process and phenomenon of gentrification. In recent years, gentrification studies have moved beyond the Anglo-Saxon academic field.  This paper aims to review...

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This article is aimed at defining the role of migratory movements in the dynamics of the sociodemographic transformation of neighbourhoods in the Brussels-Capital Region, and at making some observations in terms of political implications. There are several significant summarising elements which may...

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This paper takes the case of the Brass'Art cultural café located on the municipal square of Molenbeek, as a starting point for a study aimed at understanding the construction of a common urban space with a pluralistic purpose. Based on an ethnographic study between May 2017 and January 2018, th...

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This article is aimed at defining the role of migratory movements in the dynamics of the sociodemographic transformation of neighbourhoods in the Brussels-Capital Region, and at making some observations in terms of political implications. There are several significant summarising elements which may...

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This paper takes the case of the Brass'Art cultural café located on the municipal square of Molenbeek, as a starting point for a study aimed at understanding the construction of a common urban space with a pluralistic purpose. Based on an ethnographic study between May 2017 and January 2018, th...

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This article examines the urban transformations of the Exarchia neighborhood in Athens, focusing on the long-standing processes of mobility and spatial reconfiguration that have shaped it. Since its founding by Cycladic laborers in the 19th century, the neighborhood has been characterized by intense...

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This paper takes the case of the Brass'Art cultural café located on the municipal square of Molenbeek, as a starting point for a study aimed at understanding the construction of a common urban space with a pluralistic purpose. Based on an ethnographic study between May 2017 and January 2018, th...

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Last year, the city of Vienna celebrated the 150-year anniversary of the opening of the Ringstrasse, the central ring road that stands as symbol of the huge structural renewal that accompanied the transformation of the Habsburg empire’s capital into a rapidly growing modern city. The anniversary ac...

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Research on gentrification has been conducted for over 50 years by representatives of many disciplines. Modern gentrification is a process somewhat different from that originally described by R. Glass in 1964. Authors do not agree how to measure the process, nor how to explain its meaning (Bourne, 1...

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Students are increasingly recognised as important actors of urban change in contemporary cities. The article presents an analysis of incipient studentification processes in Gdańsk. Its general aim is to reveal patterns of students’ presence and activity which translate into spatial and socio-economi...

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Artistic, cultural, or creative quarters are developing in major cities around the world, especially in China. These areas are often integrated into culture-based urban projects, with the aim of contributing to their renewal, attractiveness, and economic development, and increasing tourism. This art...

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The article retraces a struggle for the symbolic appropriation of a gentrifying neighbourhood in Belfast. This struggle has crystallized around the erection of unionist flags, symbols of the will to maintain Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. Since the mid-2010s, a group of homeowners has been...

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The opening in 2007 of the first contemporary art centre in Brussels in the lower part of the municipality of Forest, which is characterised by an industrial urban fabric and socioeconomic insecurity, seems to have marked a new era for this neighbourhood. WIELS defines itself as "an internation...

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Microbreweries are an emblematic example of the renewed growth in artisanal activities and are undergoing a significant resurgence in Brussels. Our article discusses the return of these productive activities to the city, answering these questions: by whom, how and where is beer produced in Brussels?...

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The opening in 2007 of the first contemporary art centre in Brussels in the lower part of the municipality of Forest, which is characterised by an industrial urban fabric and socioeconomic insecurity, seems to have marked a new era for this neighbourhood. WIELS defines itself as “an international la...

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Since its introduction in the early 1990s in Brussels, open-street CCTV has grown both in scope and in its purpose. The camera network of the Belgian capital city has undergone successive waves of extension, gradually gaining ground both physically and ideologically. In this article, we propose to i...

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