Gentrification of the City

Neil Smith (Edited by) , Dr. Peter Williams (Edited by)

• 1 Alternatives to orthodoxy: invitation to a debate CONTRIBUTED ESSAYS 2 Gentrification, the frontier, and the restructuring of urban space 3 The chaos and complexity of gentrification 4 Class constitution through spatial reconstruction? A re-evaluation of gentrification in Australia, Britain, and the United States 5 Class definition and the esthetics of gentrification: Victoriana in Melbourne 6 The political and social construction of revitalized neighborhoods: Society Hill, Philadelphia, and False Creek, Vancouver 7 Tenurial transformation and the flat break-up market in London: the British condo experience 8 Abandonment, gentrification, and displacement: the linkages in New York City