Gentrification and Displacement: The Forced Relocation of Public Housing Tenants in Inner-Sydney

ISBN-13: 9789811310867 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 142 str.

Alan Morris

Opis

Gentrification and Displacement advances work in urban studies by charting trends in urban renewal and displacement, furthering our understanding of public housing, gentrification and the effects of forced relocation on vulnerable urban communities.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction and setting.- Chapter 2. A brief history.- Chapter 3. A “unique community”.- Chapter 4. The build-up to the displacement.- Chapter 5. The impact of the displacement announcement.- Chapter 6. Why tenants moved, part 1.- Chapter 7. Why tenants moved, part 2.- Chapter 8. The impact of the move.- Chapter 9. Conclusions - where to from here?.- Appendix A. Profile of interviewees.- Appendix B. Where tenants were moved to.- Appendix C. Methodology.

O autorze

Alan Morris is research professor at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance at the University of Technology Sydney. He is a prominent urban and housing studies scholar whose research has been published extensively in Australian, UK, US and South African journals. His most recent books include The Australian Dream: Housing Experiences of Older Australians (2016) and A Practical Introduction to In-depth Interviewing (2015).