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Gentrification Trends in the United States is the first book to quantify the changes that take place when a neighborhood's income level, educational attainment, or occupational makeup outpace the city as a whole-the much-debated yet poorly understood phenomenon of gentrification.
List of contents
1. Introduction. 2. Using Quantitative Methods to Identify Gentrifying Neighborhoods: A Survey. 3. Metropolitan and Central City Trends in Income, Education, and Occupation. 4. Income Gentrification in U.S. Cities, 1970–2010. 5. Educational Gentrification in U.S. Cities, 1970–2010. 6. Occupational Gentrification in U.S. Cities 1970–2010. 7. The Varieties of Gentrification in U.S. Cities, 1970–2010. 8. Conclusion.
About the author
Richard W. Martin, PhD, is Associate Professor of Real Estate at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. He is the co-author, with Raphael Bostic, of the landmark paper, “Black Homeowners as a Gentrifying Force.”
Summary
Gentrification Trends in the United States is the first book to quantify the changes that take place when a neighborhood’s income level, educational attainment, or occupational makeup outpace the city as a whole—the much-debated yet poorly understood phenomenon of gentrification.
