Perhaps the biggest goal of urban planning and community development is creating a sense of place - a sense of belonging. But defining “belonging” can be tricky, and sometimes we’re better at defining what we avoid.
All tagged gentrification
Perhaps the biggest goal of urban planning and community development is creating a sense of place - a sense of belonging. But defining “belonging” can be tricky, and sometimes we’re better at defining what we avoid.
On this episode, we'll try to define the slippery term "gentrification" that refers to neighborhood change, for better or worse. Where does gentrification happen? How do we know it’s happening or when it’s coming? And what can we do about it anyway?
In a follow up to ITS010 on popular music’s odes to urban renewal, this episode covers what “urban renewal” actually was – and how it led to so much displacement and the destruction of so much good stuff in our cities.