Studentification

Question 1

What is studentification

Answer 1

The domination of residential neighbourhoods by student households, and the associated social, cultural, and environmental changes.

Question 2

Examples of studentification

Answer 2

Selly Oak Birmingham

Question 3

social features of studentification

Answer 3

Social: the replacement and/or displacement of
established residents with a transient, generally young and
single, social grouping.

Question 4

culture features of studentification

Answer 4

Cultural: the growth in number of young people with shared
cultures, lifestyles, and consumption practices, which in
turn results in the increase of certain types of retail and
service infrastructure

Question 5

economic features of studentification

Answer 5

Economic: the inflation of property prices and a
change in the balance of the housing stock resulting in
neighbourhoods becoming dominated by private rented
accommodation and houses of multiple occupation, and
decreasing levels of owner-occupation

Question 6

social effects

Answer 6

This can sometimes include issues such as
noise nuisance emanating from houses, streets or gardens,
vandalism of vehicles, street furniture and private property,
and vomiting and urination in the streets.

Question 7

Cultural effects

Answer 7

The expansion of HMOs in
traditional owner-occupied, family areas can lead to a change
in the nature of communities.
and there develops a gradually self-reinforcing unpopularity of
the area for families wishing to bring up children.

Question 8

Physical effects

Answer 8

Large concentrations of young
people living in households with a high density can contribute
to physical mess and noise, increased pressure on public
services (policing, cleansing, etc.) and traffic problems