Euston station redevelopment: Regeneration or gentrification?

Regeneration-led gentrification; a comparative study of Atabak and Khani-Abad neighborhoods in Tehran

The concept of "gentrification" is becoming an important and widespread phenomenon in most of the world's cities, both developed and developing. Consequently, many people have forcibly left their places or have lived at a higher cost. Therefore this phenomenon has become one of the most controversial issues of urban studies in recent years and can be analyzed as an influential and underlying fa...

King’s Cross and Euston Redevelopments

Introduction The aim of this paper is to make the case for a comprehensive and systematic study of the likely effects of the redevelopment of the King’s Cross railway lands and the separate but related rebuilding and decking over of Euston Station. It’s argued that an independent study, properly constructed, can inform both public opinion and decision-makers of the scale and nature of changes o...

Two Cheers for Gentrification

Art, Gentrification and Regeneration -- From Artist as Pioneer to Public Arts

The role of art and the artist has played a part in both of the main long-established theories of gentrification, looking respectively at ‘culture’ and ‘capital’ as key drivers. Cultural analyses of gentrification have identified the individual artist as an important agent in the initiation of gentrification processes in old working-class neighbourhoods. Alternative theorizations have recognize...

Second wave gentrification in inner-city Sydney

There are few processes more central to the social and cultural transformation of the inner city in the past half century than gentrification. The social and economic changes that have engendered gentrification have transformed its character and meaning; it has become principally a strategy for redevelopment of brown field sites by the state and capital interests. Based on research in the forme...