The Impact of the Central Business District on Houses
We are aiming to find out if houses become more sparse, modern ,
larger and increase in individuality with larger surrounding land, as
we move further away from the Central Business District (CBD) We will
be noting damage to property, vandalism and factors which affect
quality of life as well as the house prices and recording the
inevitable rises as we walk along our transect line: from the tightly
packed Victorian terraces adjacent to the CBD out towards the suburban
outskirts of Hove.
A few Geographers have tried to put this urban growth pattern into
perspective.
A geographical pioneer named Burgess, after studying Chicago,
illustrated a possible theory.
Burgess' Model
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Burgess' theory was of a concentrically structured pattern to housing
and business structures to a city. The fact that land values are at
their peek towards the inner city and CBD and decrease out towards the
medium class housing and suburbia became the basis for his model. He
stated that towns grow outwards in a concentric fashion with old high
rise office blocks and modernised shopping centres in the centre where
the town originally started centuries ago, with rings of land use
zones forming ever increasing diametrically from, firstly, the CBD.
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The next ring is often wholesale light manufacturing, containing
education facilities, museums, libraries, cinemas and general indoor
amenities. The residential areas in this zone according to Burgess
tend to be Victorian terraces and 1960's inner city re-dev...
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were becoming more popular especially with the rich) The roads are
wide, indeed cars can park on either side of the road and have enough
room for 2 fairly modest lanes. The streets feel safe with
Neighbourhood Watch stickers commonplace. Very little litter and a
pleasant atmosphere make this place ideal for a more quiet person
seeking to escape the busy town. Recreational areas, parks and
playgrounds are always nearby with relatively little traffic. Having
said this locals may inform you that the arrival of Hove rugby club 2
years ago brings slight congestion as drivers frequently use these
roads as a "rat run" from Dyke Road.
Bishops Road is a very quiet road with strong evidence of wealth in
the housing size, garden size and car numbers/ quality. My index of
decay has charted any immediate structural damage.
Chicago in the 1920s was a turning point for the development of ethnic neighborhoods. After the opening of the first rail connection from New York to Chicago in the 1840s, immigration sky rocketed from that point on. Majority of the immigrants to Chicago were Europeans. The Irish, Italians, eastern European Jews, Germans, and Mexicans were among the most common ethnicities to reside in Chicago. These groups made up the greater part of Chicago. The sudden increase in immigration to Chicago in the 1920s soon led to an even further distinguished separation of ethnicities in neighborhoods. The overall development of these neighborhoods deeply impacted how Chicago is sectioned off nowadays. Without these ethnicities immigrating to Chicago almost 100 years ago, Chicago neighborhoods would not be as culturally defined and shaped as they are today.
Another noteworthy urban sociologist that’s invested significant research and time into gentrification is Saskia Sassen, among other topical analysis including globalization. “Gentrification was initially understood as the rehabilitation of decaying and low-income housing by middle-class outsiders in central cities. In the late 1970s a broader conceptualization of the process began to emerge, and by the early 1980s new scholarship had developed a far broader meaning of gentrification, linking it with processes of spatial, economic and social restructuring.” (Sassen 1991: 255). This account is an extract from an influential book that extended beyond the field of gentrification and summarizes its basis proficiently. In more recent and localized media, the release the documentary-film ‘In Jackson Heights’ portrayed the devastation that gentrification is causing as it plagues through Jackson Heights, Queens. One of the local businessmen interviewed is shop owner Don Tobon, stating "We live in a
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Gentrification brings in money and good investments into poor neighborhood, but the money and investments does not help the old residents; it only helps real estate agents. Gentrification may also make the city safer and cleaner than before but it harms old residents. The idea of gentrification is bad because prices goes up and with prices going up, people are either losing their homes or businesses or both. Gentrification affects old residents and business in a bad way, which causes the old residents to leave because of the rich taking over.
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Furthermore, he attempts to dispel the negative aspects of gentrification by pointing out how some of them are nonexistent. To accomplish this, Turman exemplifies how gentrification could positively impact neighborhoods like Third Ward (a ‘dangerous’ neighborhood in Houston, Texas). Throughout the article, Turman provides copious examples of how gentrification can positively change urban communities, expressing that “gentrification can produce desirable effects upon a community such as a reduced crime rate, investment in the infrastructure of an area and increased economic activity in neighborhoods which gentrify”. Furthermore, he opportunistically uses the Third Ward as an example, which he describes as “the 15th most dangerous neighborhood in the country” and “synonymous with crime”, as an example of an area that could “need the change that gentrification provides”.
Urban development (such as housing and construction) spreading into rural or suburban areas can be described as suburban sprawl. For example, Toronto’s urban development expanding into Brampton. Over the past few years, a lot of suburban sprawl has been happening in the GTA. Suburban sprawl can mean that human needs such as public transit or stores could be reached without having to travel a long distance. However, sprawl can also result in air pollution, climate change, and loss of agricultural land use. These factors especially
The Negative Effects of Gentrification in Oakland A very big local issue in Oakland and the Bay Area is and has continued to be Gentrification. Gentrification is, “The process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste” (Google). Gentrification has displaced and continues to displace many low-income minorities. As prices of houses and rent costs have gone up, many have been forced to flee. This has made this problem increasingly recognized in my community as it has affected many of us.
Gentrification does not follow traditional urban growth theory, which predicts ?the decline of inner city areas as monied classes move to the metropolitan fringe.? The traditional economic model of real estate says that wealthy people can choose their housing from the total city market (Schwirian 96). Once these people decide to live in the suburbs, the lower social classes move into the old homes of the upper class, essentially handing housing down the socioeconomic ladder. Gentrification is actually a reversal of this process. For a variety of reasons, many inner city areas are becoming more attractive to the wealthy, and they are selecting their housing in those areas (Schwirian 96). The problem is that now when the wealthy take over poor homes and renovate them, the poor cannot afford the housing that the wealthy have abandoned. Many researchers have argued whether gentrification has truly created problems in cities. I will analyze the arguments for and against gentrification by exploring the subject from both sides.
After the world war, to the suburban growth in the 1990s and it affects American greatly because it contributed to the economy growth of United State after the Second World War, some state in U.S like Texas New York, and Pennsylvania became the most famous cities in the united State in 1950s. American started to buy land in the country of the cities, to build a house that is cheap, and people were able to buy subsides low mortgages than renting an expensive apartment in the city.
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The research question that I would like to ask about gentrification in small businesses are can small businesses survive in Fulton Mall? And is the process of gentrification a mass eviction?
There are many place that are going through changes such as rebuilding, renewing, and much more that could cause a change in a place, these changes are known as gentrification. Gentrification is when an area rebuilds, renews, and renovates a place for the middle and upper class. But Harlem is one of these area that has become famous for being gentrified. Many people don't mind that Harlem is being gentrified, while others see it as them getting robbed of their culture, history, etc. Harlem is an important neighborhood due to its history, culture, art, and much more. As a result of Sam Roberts article “No longer Majority black, Harlem is in transition” and the photograph of the “What will happen when Harlem becomes white?” from an article that