Urban Dictionary
This term refers to the process of renovating and improving a neighborhood so that it attracts more affluent residents.
What is gentrification?
This economic factor is often the biggest driver of gentrification.
What is real estate investment?
This group often has little say in redevelopment plans, despite being the most affected.
Who are low-income residents?
These groups fight evictions, advocate for rent control, and support tenants' rights.
What are tenant unions (or tenant associations)?
This U.S. city is often cited as a case study in both extreme gentrification and tech-driven housing crises.
What is San Francisco?
This is the term for when long-time residents are forced to move due to rising costs.
What is displacement?
Cities may offer these financial incentives to developers to revitalize “blighted” areas.
What are tax breaks (or subsidies)?
This public policy approach involves asking residents what they want before redevelopment happens.
What is participatory planning?
This type of protest aims to stop developers from beginning construction in gentrifying areas.
What is a direct action (or blockade)?
In this South American city, favelas have faced displacement due to Olympic development.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
A socially just city aims to provide equal access to housing, transportation, and education. This is often called the right to the ____.
What is the city?
A community land trust aims to remove land from the speculative market to ensure this.
What is permanent affordability?
This controversial method cities use can seize private property for redevelopment “in the public interest.”
What is eminent domain?
This community-based model keeps housing affordable by owning the land collectively.
What is a community land trust?
Gentrification in this borough of London has raised debates about class, race, and public housing sell-offs.
What is Hackney? Or Liverpool
These maps were used in the early 20th century to deny loans and investment to communities of color.
What is redlining?
As gentrification increases, this monthly expense often rises sharply for renters.
What is rent?
In many cities, this process allows zoning rules to be changed for developers, often without public input.
What is a zoning variance?
Artists and residents have used this type of public expression to call attention to gentrification.
What is street art (or protest art)?
Berlin residents famously protested this U.S. tech company’s attempt to open a “campus” in their neighborhood.
What is Google?
This is the term for when a neighborhood changes demographically and culturally, often leading to the erasure of local traditions.
What is cultural displacement?
This financial term refers to buying property with the intent to profit from appreciation, often fueling displacement.
What is speculation?
This famous sociologist argued for cities as spaces of collective belonging and resistance to capitalist forces.
Who is Henri Lefebvre?
This term describes the strategy of local communities taking control of development rather than letting it be driven by outside investors.
What is self-determination?
This Southeast Asian capital has seen large-scale evictions due to luxury developments and tourism.
What is Phnom Penh?