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A double-edged sword: Residents’ views on the health consequences of gentrification in Porto, Portugal

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  • Silva, José Pedro
  • Santos, Cláudia Jardim
  • Torres, Ema
  • Martínez-Manrique, Lucía
  • Barros, Henrique
  • Ribeiro, Ana Isabel

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Gentrification is currently shaping the urban environment in important ways. It also contributes to shaping the health of the inhabitants of gentrifying cities, although it is still unclear how. Gentrification processes are often linked to different drivers and have specific local translations, further complicating the study of the relationship between gentrification and health. We investigated this relationship in Porto, Portugal, a southern European city undergoing rampant transnational gentrification. In order to study how gentrification impacts health from the point of view of that city's residents, we conducted a study using photovoice with a sample of participants recruited from a population-based cohort, which was divided into three different groups: one from gentrifying areas of Porto, another from deprived non-gentrifying areas, and the other from affluent areas. The thematic analysis of data generated six themes, each referring to a change, or a set of connected changes, related to gentrification: increasing floating population, lack of housing access and displacement, construction and rehabilitation, changing local commerce, loss of place, and broader socioeconomic change. According to the accounts from participants, these changes affect health in different ways, both beneficial and harmful. Participants also reflected on how to act on this issue. This research adds to the knowledge about the relationship between gentrification and health by providing detailed and nuanced views about this relationship considering its city-wide impacts.

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  • Silva, José Pedro & Santos, Cláudia Jardim & Torres, Ema & Martínez-Manrique, Lucía & Barros, Henrique & Ribeiro, Ana Isabel, 2023. "A double-edged sword: Residents’ views on the health consequences of gentrification in Porto, Portugal," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 336(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:336:y:2023:i:c:s0277953623006160
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116259
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