Gentrification Sociology

The definition of gentrification is that the arrival of new, middle-income groups into the lower socio-economic communities leads to the displacement of the native residents as if the author John Betancur (2009) said that “The gentrification literature is divided into two main streams: the first highlights the displacement of lower by higher classes while pointing to the dislocations and conflicts it imposes on communities. The second stream dismisses displacement while claiming that gentrification plays a major role in urban revitalisation and cultural revival.” (p, 384). Also, the gentrification only happen in poor areas or the inner city of U.S. In the process of gentrification, the government, developers, and native residents have different

For instance, “the logic is simple: Poorer areas have more crime. Gentrification, which brings an influx of wealthier residents, should lower the crime rate,” as the article Five myths about gentrification mentioned. Also, the government supports gentrification because it can foster the social mixing that more whites enter the neighbourhoods of minorities. However, the author Loretta Lees criticizes that the white-middle class entering into the neighbourhoods of minorities does not mean that the social mixing is improved, as he mentioned that “Butler with Robson (2003) have argued that the spatial proximity of middle-class and working-class groups in gentrified/fying neighbourhoods does not automatically generate neighbourhood-level social mixing.” (p,

Not only are they sources of opportunity, but they also provide services and goods they cannot afford, mediate between the outside and the inside, and pursue needed change.” (p, 385). Also, the low-income minorities resist gentrification because of their displacement. For instance, during the process of gentrification, the government/the developer only compensates them with money instead of assisting them to find a new place. Even though the government or the developers providing a new place to the native residents, the place is not suitable for them to live in since it does not provide any supplies or