Gentification
Refers to AQA A2 Geography
World Cities Topic
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- Created on: 04-04-14 10:50
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- Gentrification
- Background
- Gentrification is a process of HOUSING IMPROVEMENT
- Low-income groups displaced by more affluent young professionals.
- Can bring about regeneration of inner cities
- Unlike property-led regeneration, it is NOT A SCHEME. It is led by individuals.
- Openly ENCOURAGED by estate agents, building societies and even local authorities.
- Positive Outcomes
- The social mix of the area is changed and becomes more affluent.
- Purchasing power of the area is greater, leading to increased prosperity.
- Refurbishment of homes creates jobs in design/ building work etc.
- Bars, restaurants, boutiques etc. open.
- Negative Outcomes
- Local people find it increasingly difficult to afford homes in the area as the price of refurbished property rises.
- Fewer homes available to rent as homes are sold.
- Friction between newcomers and original residents.
- Gentrification in Notting Hill
- BEFORE GENTRI-FICATION
- Industrialisation brought workers from the countryside to Notting Hill, and rented tiny terraced houses.
- In Victorian times it was a rough, working-class, area.
- Slums and inner city deprivation by the 1950s, including race riots in 1958 and later in 1976.
- AFTER GENTRI-FICATION
- 30 years of gentrification here has caused prices to rocket.
- Homes can cost more than upmarket Mayfair.
- Open spaces so desirable area for families
- Popular with celebrities e.g Stella McCartney
- Popular Portobello Road Market
- CULTURE: Notting Hill Carnival every August Bank Holiday
- BEFORE GENTRI-FICATION
- Background
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