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Pioneers and gentrifiers in the process of gentrification

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  • Jörg Blasius
  • Jürgen Friedrichs
  • Heiko Rühl

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In the gentrification literature, a common distinction refers to the supply and the demand side. Studies of the supply side focus on theories such as rent gap and value gap or describe actions of urban and national policy-makers, real estate agents and investors. On the demand side authors analyse the actors involved in the process: gentrifiers. This group, however, as our review of the literature reveals, is neither clearly defined nor sufficiently differentiated to adequately investigate the process of gentrification. In order to investigate the process of gentrification, we propose a differentiated classification of demand groups of pioneers, gentrifiers and others, and suggest operationalisations which are compatible both with typologies in the literature and stage models of gentrification. We apply this classification of social groups and test hypotheses derived from stage models. The data base is a large panel study (N = 1009) in two residential areas of Cologne, Germany, that are in different stages of gentrification. The results support our hypotheses and demonstrate the usefulness of the classification.

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  • Jörg Blasius & Jürgen Friedrichs & Heiko Rühl, 2016. "Pioneers and gentrifiers in the process of gentrification," International Journal of Housing Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(1), pages 50-69, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:intjhp:v:16:y:2016:i:1:p:50-69
    DOI: 10.1080/14616718.2015.1071029
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    1. Ingmar Pastak & Eneli Kindsiko & Tiit Tammaru & Reinout Kleinhans & Maarten Van Ham, 2019. "Commercial Gentrification in Post‐Industrial Neighbourhoods: A Dynamic View From an Entrepreneur’s Perspective," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 110(5), pages 588-604, December.
    2. Bereitschaft, Bradley, 2020. "Gentrification and the evolution of commuting behavior within America's urban cores, 2000–2015," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    3. Jenny Künkel, 2017. "Gentrification and the flexibilisation of spatial control: Policing sex work in Germany," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 54(3), pages 730-746, February.
    4. Jing Zhang & Zuopeng Ma & Dawei Li & Wei Liu & Yao Tong & Chenggu Li, 2020. "Young Pioneers, Vitality, and Commercial Gentrification in Mudan Street, Changchun, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-15, April.

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