The Diffusion of Post-Recession Gentrification

该研究考察了纽约市中产阶级化的最新阶段的本质，这一阶段始于20世纪90年代初的经济衰退之后，目前正在重塑城市景观。城市范围和社区规模将使用来自城市规划部的八个独立数据集以及“参与式观察”方法进行检查。将与纽约市经济衰退后中产阶级化的前两个阶段进行比较。这项研究将：(1)有助于理解中产阶级化与经济趋势介导的其他城市进程之间的联系；(2)描绘过去二十年的高档化历程；(3)展示微观市场特征如何与更广泛的资本投资力量相互作用。研究结果对关注城市结构调整和制定可能影响这种结构调整方向的政策的学者和管理人员很重要。

The research examines the nature of the most recent phase of gentrification in New York City, which began after the economic recession of the early 1990s and is currently reworking the urban landscape. Both citywide and neighborhood scales will be examined using eight separate data sets from the Department of City Planning as well as `participant observation' methodologies. Comparison to two prior phases of post-recession gentrification in New York City will be made. The study will: (1) contribute to an understanding of the linkages between gentrification and other urban processes as mediated by economic trends; (2) map the experience of gentrification over a twenty-year period; and (3) show how micro-scale market characteristics interact with broader forces of capital investment. The results are important to academics and managers concerned with urban restructuring and the development of policies that might influence the direction of such restructuring.