Q There are several ways to define gentrification. Our previous week’s authors, Trinch and Snadjr define it as “the production of space for progressively more affluent users (Hackword 2002: 815)”. Webster’s definition is “the process of repairing and rebuilding homes and businesses in a deterrorating area (such as an urban neighborhood) accompanied by an influx of middle-class or affluent people and that often results in the displacement of earlier, usually poorer residents.” And anthropologist David Novak, studying Japanese city of Osaka, defined gentrification as “the process of repairing and rebuilding homes and businesses in a deteriorating area (such as an urban neighborhood) accompanied by an influx of middle-class or affluent people and that often results in the displacement of earlier, usually poorer residents.” https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ciso.12195 What does gentrification mean to you, and what are some implications or impacts of gentrification you see in this week's reading or documentary?
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