New-build gentrification
Forms
Places Processes
November
15 / 16
2007
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THEME : International Seminar
In its classical definition, gentrification refers to
the physical and social transformation of existing
districts. Recently, the concept has been
extended to include high status developments
and changes in the urban fabric such as the
re-use of former industrial wastelands.
This seminar will focus on new-build gentrification
and on some recent trends in urban
development such as regeneration and densification
policies. It will address questions regarding
the roles of the actors involved in these phenomena:
national and local authorities, actors of
the housing market and households who settle
in the new dwellings (new middle class, transnational
migrants, dual career households, etc.).
The seminar thus gives the opportunity to
investigate the demographic changes in core
cities and their renewed residential attractiveness
as well as to address different interpretations
of these phenomena.
The seminar is organised by Etienne Piguet,
Patrick Rrat and Ola Sderstrm. It is held at
the Institute of Geography, University of
Neuchtel, Espace Louis-Agassiz 1, 2000
Neuchtel. The Institute of Geography is part
of the Maison dAnalyse des Processus
Sociaux (MAPS), which aims at studying the
circulation of knowledge, people and capital.
Admission fees: 150 Frs (lunches are
included)
Registration until 9th November at:
valerie.sauter@unine.ch
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The seminar is part of the research Back
to the City? financed by the Swiss National
Science Foundation (National Research
Programme 54 Sustainable Development of
the Built Environment).
Sustainable Development of the Built Environment