New York City and Gentrification Ways
Runnning Head: GENTRIFICATION
Gentrification
Ways of Knowing
Las
Professor:
Research Paper
December 2, 2013
Abstract
To examine or explore the effects of gentrification, when a group of people of a particular Race is unable to maintain their resources; they are inevitably removed from their environment. There will become a new set of a particular race that will be able to maintain and perhaps create a different environment with their cultures and religious beliefs.
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this research paper is to explore and examine the effects of Gentrification. Gentrification has been around for centuries. However, the word gentrification is often times hardly ever use in the English vernacular. Gentrification is the displacement of people. Economics plays a major role in determining who will be displaced or People who are able to afford to not be displaced. Housing, Education and race are the deciding factor in determining gentrification.
DEFINITIONS
Gentrification is often defined as the transformation of neighborhoods from low value to high value. This change has the potential to cause displacement of long-time residents and businesses. Displacement happens when long-time or original neighborhood residents move from a gentrified area because of higher rents, mortgages, and property taxes.
Gentrification is a housing, economic and health issue that affects a community’s history and culture and reduces social capital. It often shifts a neighborhood’s capital (e.g., racial/ethnic composition and household income) by adding new stores and resources in run-down neighborhoods.
CAUSES OF GENTRIFICATION
The causes of gentrification are debatable. Some literature suggests that it is caused by social and cultural factors such as family structure, rapid growth, and lack of housing, traffic congestion, and public- sector
Gentrification
Ways of Knowing
Las
Professor:
Research Paper
December 2, 2013
Abstract
To examine or explore the effects of gentrification, when a group of people of a particular Race is unable to maintain their resources; they are inevitably removed from their environment. There will become a new set of a particular race that will be able to maintain and perhaps create a different environment with their cultures and religious beliefs.
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this research paper is to explore and examine the effects of Gentrification. Gentrification has been around for centuries. However, the word gentrification is often times hardly ever use in the English vernacular. Gentrification is the displacement of people. Economics plays a major role in determining who will be displaced or People who are able to afford to not be displaced. Housing, Education and race are the deciding factor in determining gentrification.
DEFINITIONS
Gentrification is often defined as the transformation of neighborhoods from low value to high value. This change has the potential to cause displacement of long-time residents and businesses. Displacement happens when long-time or original neighborhood residents move from a gentrified area because of higher rents, mortgages, and property taxes.
Gentrification is a housing, economic and health issue that affects a community’s history and culture and reduces social capital. It often shifts a neighborhood’s capital (e.g., racial/ethnic composition and household income) by adding new stores and resources in run-down neighborhoods.
CAUSES OF GENTRIFICATION
The causes of gentrification are debatable. Some literature suggests that it is caused by social and cultural factors such as family structure, rapid growth, and lack of housing, traffic congestion, and public- sector