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Urban Gentrification, Explains how every individual has their own truth…
Urban Gentrification
Positivism
There are ecological principles in the Positivist theory that state that the most powerful group will obtain the most advantageous position in a given space (Pacione, 2009).
Higher income population and developers are able purchase or rent housing and/or properties throughout the urban area over the working class, displacing them over time
Looking at it this way, the "most advantageous position" is referring to the entire urban area that is becoming more desirable to the higher class due to gentrification taking place
These places that are being bought or newly built by higher income people or developers are often in high desirable places, for example close to stores, workplaces, or areas close to the water, etc.
New developed houses or businesses in these areas further contributes to gentrification in the area, and attracts even more of the creative class and high income population
Individual decisions are made based on the goal of utility maximization, which is the aim of minimizing costs and maximizing benefits (Pacione, 2009).
High income residents move into homes with low rent and restore and renovate them to their potential ground rent to make a profit. Similarly, developers will purchase cheap property or housing and sell for a higher price to make a profit.
By renovating these houses and selling at a higher price, the only people who can afford to live in these houses are the higher income class, forcing the working class to look for housing elsewhere
By renovating and adding new, expensive housing to the urban area, the rent throughout the urban area will inflate. This will result in the working class that is currently living in the urban area to be forced to move out, because they can no longer afford the rent
Results in the original population and sense of community in the urban area to be lost in the process of gentrification
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The businesses that come to the urban area being gentrified often sell over-priced items to maximize their profit on a population that are able and willing to pay high prices
Or the businesses come to this urban area in the first place due to the cheap rent and property cost, allowing them to make a large profit in their business because they did not have a large financial setback at the beginning from buying or renting in an expensive urban area.
Through positivism, the concept of distance decay was introduced. The main point of distance decay is that the greater distance between points in an urban area, the less interaction there is between those points (Pacione, 2009).
It is beneficial for the businesses in the gentrified urban area to have their customers or employees in close proximity to increase revenue and profit through more frequent interaction
Can result in a higher density of housing in the urban area, like high rise condominiums
Causes more high income employees for these businesses to move into the urban area, further developing the gentrification in the area
Sources: Pacione, Michale 2009. Urban Geography: A Global Perspective
Post colonialism
Gentrification causes a basis for homelessness and marginalization of low income groups and indigenous peoples
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Structuralism
Each society should based on a mode of production (Pacione, 2009)
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