Lesson 13- Gentrified Areas

Question 1

Gentrification

Answer 1

The buying and renovating of properties often in more run-down areas by wealthier individuals, fundementally changing the character of the area
-as original residents may be forced out

Question 2

1) Causes of gentrification

Answer 2

• Household competition has changed in the last 50, more single person households-more likely to see CBD benefits and encourage investment by councils.
• Trendy, edgy rundown areas usuaslly attract investment from affluent residents
• The Rent Gap- if its very high then this could attract gentrification

Question 3

2)Causes of gentrification

Answer 3

• Support of local government and desicion makers-Partnership schemes work to improve an areas
  -tax and subsidies could encourage people/investors to invest
• Cost of commuting is increasing and time consuming so people want to live near the CBD

Question 4

Economic impacts of gentrification

Answer 4

• Increase in tax revenue for the local authority
• Wealth will increase in the area>multiplyer effect
• Buisinesses that have been in the area for long time may not meet the demands of the increased population or the new demands of rent

Question 5

Social impacts of gentrification

Answer 5

• Lower income families from the local community may be displaced
• Potential tension between the gentrifiers and traditional population
• Limits out migration to the suburbs and revives shrinking communities

Question 6

Environmental impacts of gentrification

Answer 6

• Limits urban sprawl and therefore protects green space at the urban rural fringe
• The physical landscape of the area will improve; derelict buildings, and wasteland cleared

Question 7

CASE STUDY OF GENTRIFICATION- Kelham Island, Sheffield (UK)

Answer 7

• De-industrialisation occured here and suffered from urban decline
• High poverty, infamous ‘red light’ district where many women saw sex work as the only way to support their family

Question 8

Positives of gentrification in Kelham Island

Answer 8

• 2014- Kelham boomed and gained global significance due to New York Times magasine claiming it was “Britains best beer city”
• Abandoned factories have been turned into trendy apartment and one of the main factories was turned into the museum
• Brought jobs and profit back to the area> introduced tourism

Question 9

Negatives of gentrification in Kelham Island

Answer 9

• Tensions rose between new aflluent residents and sex workers who were there before
  -around 240 of local sex workers have faced abuse from middle-class residents>social segregation
• High displacement of lower income families and buisinesses
• Vast removal of the original industry and feel of the area- industrial feel of area converted into a sense of retail