Aim: to examine the process of gentrification and discover how this form of urban change affects all of urban society.

... Gentrification Aim: to examine the process of gentrification and discover how this form of urban change affects all of urban society. What do you understand by the term 'gentrification'? The term 'gentrification' first appeared in print in a journal article by Ruth Glass in 1964 (Atkinson, 2002). Though the process of gentrification pre-dates this and Carter (1995) notes that gentrification was affecting New York City as early as the First World War. Gentrification is a process of physical, social, economic and cultural changes in inner-city communities resulting from the influx of new people. It is normally associated with less affluent, often working class, inner-city communities which are transformed into more affluent, middle/upper class, communities by the upgrading and modernisation of buildings, resulting in increased land values and the removal of less affluent residents. Slater (2004) comments that gentrification is a highly complex issue that is very difficult to define precisely. Though most definitions include the

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