This first textbook on the topic of gentrification is written for upperlevelundergraduates in geography sociology and planning. The gentrification ofurban areas... » 

This first textbook on the topic of gentrification is written for upperlevelundergraduates in geography sociology and planning. The gentrification ofurban areas has accelerated across the globe to become a central engine ofurban development and it is a topic that has attracted a great deal ofinterest in both academia and the popular press. Gentrification presents majortheoretical ideas and concepts with case studies and summaries of the ideas inthe book as well as offering ideas for future research. «