Mixed Communities: Gentrification by Stealth?

Description

Encouraging neighbourhood social mix has been a major goal of urban policy and planning in a number of different countries. This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might represent gentrification by stealth. The contributions consider the range of social mix initiatives in different countries across the globe and their relationship to wider social, economic and urban change. The book combines understandings of social mix from the perspectives of researchers, policy makers and planners and the residents of the communities themselves. Mixed Communities also draws out more general lessons from these international comparisons - theoretically, empirically and for urban policy. It will be highly relevant for urban researchers and students, policy makers and practitioners alike.

Gary Bridge is Professor of Urban Studies at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. He has researched extensively on gentrification, class and social change in cities as well as on questions of urban theory. Tim Butler is Professor of Human Geography at King's College, London and the Vincent Wright Visiting Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po, Paris. He is the author of several books on social change in London and has also written on social class and inequality. Loretta Lees is Professor of Geography at King's College London, U.K. She has published extensively on gentrification, urban regeneration and urban policy in both Europe and North America.

"This collection of original essays will generate a great deal of interest among academics and policy-makers for its conclusion about the limitations of gentrification-based strategies for improving the welfare of the poorest urban residents and for its initial probings of how to approach this task differently." Tony Champion, Newcastle University