Mixed communities : gentrification by stealth? / edited by Gary Bridge, Tim Butler and Loretta Lees.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bridge, Gary.

Butler, Tim, 1949-

Lees, Loretta.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social integration.

Gentrification.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2012.

Summary:

Encouraging neighbourhood social mix has been a major goal of urban policy and planning in a number of different countries. This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might represent gentrification by stealth.

The contributions consider the range of social mix initiatives in different countries across the globe and their relationship to wider social, economic and urban change. The book combines understandings of social mix from the perspectives of researchers, policy makers and planners and the residents of the communities themselves. Mixed communities also draws out more general lessons from these international comparisons - theoretically, empirically and for urban policy. It will be highly relevant for urban researchers and students, policy makers and practitioners alike. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: gentrification, social mix/ing and mixed communities / Loretta Lees Lees, Loretta, Tim Butler Butler, Tim, Gary Bridge Bridge, Gary 1

Part I Reflections on social mix policy

2 Why do birds of a feather flock together? Social mix and social welfare: a quantitative appraisal / Paul Cheshire Cheshire, Paul 17

3 Social mix and urban policy / Patrick Le Galès Galès, Patrick Le 25

4 Mixed communities and urban policy: reflections from the UK / Rebecca Tunstall Tunstall, Rebecca 35

5 Gentrification without social mixing in the rapidly urbanising world of Australasia / Wendy Shaw Shaw, Wendy 43

Part 2 Social mix in liberal and neoliberal times

6 Social mixing and the historical geography of gentrification / David Ley Ley, David 53

7 Social mix and encounter capacity - a pragmatic social model for a new downtown: the example of HafenCity Hamburg / Jürgen Bruns-Berentelg Bruns-Berentelg, Jürgen 69

Part 3 Social mix policies and gentrification

8 Mixed-income schools and housing policy in Chicago: a critical examination of the gentrification/education/'racial' exclusion nexus / Pauline Lipman Lipman, Pauline 95

9 Social mix as the aim of a controlled gentrification process: the example of the Goutte d'Or district in Paris / Marie-Hélène Bacqué Bacqué, Marie-Hélène, Yankel Fijalkow Fijalkow, Yankel 115

10 Beware the Trojan horse: social mix constructions in Melbourne / Kate Shaw Shaw, Kate 133

Part 4 The rhetoric and reality of social mix policies

11 Social mixing as a cure for negative neighbourhood effects: evidence-based policy or urban myth? / David Manley Manley, David, Maarten van Ham Ham, Maarten van, Joe Doherty Doherty, Joe 151

12 Meanings, politics and realities of social mix and gentrification: a view from Brussels / Mathieu Van Criekingen Criekingen, Mathieu Van 169

13 'Regeneration' in interesting times: a story of privatisation and gentrification in a peripheral Scottish city / Sarah Glynn Glynn, Sarah 185

14 HOPE VI: calling for modesty in its claims / James Fraser Fraser, James, James DeFilippis DeFilippis, James, Joshua Bazuin Bazuin, Joshua 209

Part 5 Experiencing social mix

15 The impossibility of gentrification and social mixing / Mark Davidson Davidson, Mark 233

16 Not the only power in town? Challenging binaries and bringing the working class into gentrification research / Kirsteen Paton Paton, Kirsteen 251

17 From social mix to political marginalisation? The redevelopment of Toronto's public housing and the dilution of tenant organisational power / Martine August August, Martine, Alan Walks Walks, Alan 273

18 Mixture without mating: partial gentrification in the case of Rotterdam, the Netherlands / Talja Blokland Blokland, Talja, Gwen van Eijk Eijk, Gwen van 299.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-363) and index.

ISBN:

9781847424938

1847424937

OCLC:

761282521