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Thinking Allowed: Gentrification revisited

Gentrification revisited

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Exploring the myth and reality six decades after the term gentrification was coined.

Gentrification revisited: Laurie Taylor explores the myth and reality six decades after the term was first coined by sociologist Ruth Glass.

Gentrification revisited:  Laurie Taylor talks to Leslie Kern,  Associate Professor of Geography and Environment at Mount Allison University, Canada and author of  a new study unpacking the meaning and impact of gentrification six decades after the term was  first coined.  She travelled from Toronto  to New York, London, Paris and San Francisco, scrutinising the myth and reality that surround this highly contested phenomenon. Beyond the yoga studio, farmer's market and retro cafe, she argues that this is not a 'natural' process,  but one which impacts the most vulnerable.

They’re joined by Dr Charmaine Brown, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Education and Cultural Studies at the University of Greenwich, whose research in Peckham, South East London, finds contrasting perspectives amongst different residents. Beautiful shop fronts, fewer police sirens and new street furniture appeal to incomers but Dr Brown sees a loss of social capital, opportunity and support for the original mainly Black communities.  

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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