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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791119403321

Autore

Freeman Lance, Ph. D.

Titolo

There goes the 'hood [[electronic resource] ] : views of gentrification from the ground up / / Lance Freeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-282-58186-4

9786612581861

1-59213-438-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

307.1216

307.3/41609747

307.341609747

Soggetti

Urban renewal - New York (State) - New York

Gentrification - New York (State) - New York

Gentrification - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Evolution of Clinton Hill and Harlem; There Goes the 'Hood; Making Sense of Gentrification; Neighborhood Effects in a Changing 'Hood; Implications for Planning and Policy; Conclusion; Appendix: Methodology; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this revealing book, Lance Freeman sets out to answer a seemingly simple question: how does gentrification actually affect residents of neighborhoods in transition? To find out, Freeman does what no scholar before him has done. He interviews the indigenous residents of two predominantly black neighborhoods that are in the process of gentrification: Harlem and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. By listening closely to what people tell him, he creates a more nuanced picture of the impacts of gentrification on the perceptions, attitudes and behaviors of the people who stay in their neighborhoods. Freeman describes the theoretical and planning/policy implications of his findings, both for New York City and for any gentrifying urban area. There Goes the 'Hood provides a more complete, and complicated, understanding of the gentrification process, highlighting the reactions of long-term



residents. It suggests new ways of limiting gentrification's negative effects and of creating more positive experiences for newcomers and natives alike.