Memphis – Gentrification and Displacement
Mapping Displacement, Gentrification, and Exclusion in Memphis UDP collaborated with the Strong, Prosperous, and Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC) to assess local dynamics around gentrification, displacement, and exclusion in Memphis, in close collaboration with local partners. We hope that the resulting map of our neighborhood change typology will empower Memphis communities to better understand their trajectories […]
Buenos Aires – Gentrification and Displacement
click images to enlarge Mapping Displacement and Gentrification in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, has an influential global economy and extensive cultural reach. In the late 2000s the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, created an economic districts program that has been designated in lower-income neighborhoods in the city. Issues of gentrification and […]
Bogotá – Gentrification and Displacement
click images to enlarge Mapping Displacement and Gentrification in Bogotá Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia, is a prime example of how tabula rasa strategies of urban renewal lead to rapid gentrification, leaving residents in precarious and vulnerable situations. Recognizing that neighborhoods across the city differ significantly based on the estrato system, cultural context, and population, it is critical […]
New York – Gentrification and Displacement
click images to enlarge Mapping Displacement and Gentrification in the New York Metropolitan Area The New York metropolitan region is thriving, but its neighborhoods are experiencing many different forms of displacement. Wages of low-income residents—as well as housing policies—have not kept pace with the acceleration of housing prices, resulting in significant demographic shifts in the […]
Austin – Gentrification and Displacement
click images to enlarge Mapping Displacement and Gentrification in Austin, Texas Austin, the capital city of Texas, is facing redevelopment pressures and rising housing costs, resulting in the displacement of vulnerable residents, including low-income renters, low-income families with children, and persons of color, especially African American and Latinx residents. In 2018, researchers at the University […]
Denver – Gentrification and Displacement
Mapping Displacement and Gentrification in Denver UDP collaborated with the Strong, Prosperous, and Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC) to assess local dynamics around gentrification, displacement, and exclusion in Denver, in close collaboration with local partners. We hope that the resulting map of our neighborhood change typology will empower Denver communities to better understand their trajectories and […]
Chicago – Gentrification and Displacement
Mapping Displacement, Gentrification, and Exclusion in Chicago UDP collaborated with the Strong, Prosperous, and Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC) to assess local dynamics around gentrification, displacement, and exclusion in Chicago, in close collaboration with local partners. We hope that the resulting map of our neighborhood change typology will empower Chicago communities to better understand their trajectories […]
SF Bay Area – Gentrification and Displacement
click images to enlarge Commercial Gentrification Methodology Methodology Mapping Displacement, Gentrification, and Exclusion in the San Francisco Bay Area In 2015, researchers at UDP collaborated with the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to better understand and predict where gentrification and displacement was happening and would likely occur in the Bay Area through a […]
