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Another 'Guggenheim Effect'? The Generation of a Potentially Gentrifiable Neighbourhood in Bilbao

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  • Lorenzo Vicario

    (Department of Sociology 1, Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, University of the Basque Country, Avenida Lehendakari Agirre 83, 48015-Bilbao, Spain, sopvimal@bs.ehu.es)

  • P. Manuel Martinez Monje

    (Department of Sociology 1, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the Basque Country, PO Box 644, 48080-Bilbao, Spain, cipmamop@lg.ehu.es)

Abstract

This paper examines the relation between urban regeneration policies designed to restructure urban cores and the gentrification of deprived inner-city neighbourhoods via the example of Bilbao. The paper explores the socio-spatial consequences of the regeneration strategies undertaken during the 1990s and examines how, once the initial projects were well under way, the City Council identified new spaces for furthering the regeneration process. These include Bilbao La Vieja, the most deprived housing neighbourhood in the conurbation but strategically located next to the city centre. The paper discusses the possible consequences of this designation for the future of the neighbourhood and suggests that the direct intervention of the local government would appear to be contributing decisively to making Bilbao La Vieja an obvious candidate for gentrification.

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  • Lorenzo Vicario & P. Manuel Martinez Monje, 2003. "Another 'Guggenheim Effect'? The Generation of a Potentially Gentrifiable Neighbourhood in Bilbao," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 40(12), pages 2383-2400, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:40:y:2003:i:12:p:2383-2400
    DOI: 10.1080/0042098032000136129
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    1. Beatriz Plaza, 2008. "On Some Challenges and Conditions for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to be an Effective Economic Re‐activator," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(2), pages 506-517, June.
    2. Beatriz Plaza & Silke N. Haarich, 2015. "The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao: Between Regional Embeddedness and Global Networking," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(8), pages 1456-1475, August.
    3. Michael Janoschka & Jorge Sequera & Luis Salinas, 2014. "Gentrification in Spain and Latin America — a Critical Dialogue," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(4), pages 1234-1265, July.

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