gentrification
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Gentrification
English term for the process by which young professionals (gentry) buy into inner-city areas as part of a neighborhood preservation trend.
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gentrification
the renovation and upgrading of buildings, either by programmes of planned urban regeneration or as a result of purchasing decisions made by higher-earning, white-collar, professional and managerial individuals intent on modernizing cheap, dilapidated property in previously unfashionable urban areas. Whether gentrification is planned or unplanned, the poorer sections of the community are often displaced or their needs discounted. The process is also sometimes known as urban recycling.Collins Dictionary of Sociology, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2000
gentrification
The upgrading of urban property in a deteriorated area, usually resulting in the dispersal of the current residents and their replacement by a more affluent population.
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