Abstract
Abstract Gentrification is a term first used by Ruth Glass in 1964 in reference to the process of taking over and revitalizing the degraded housing resources in the London Borough of Islington by their middle class owners. Ruth Glass discerned the impact of the improved living conditions in the gentrified area on ownership conditions, the appreciation of prices of land and houses, and changes in the social class structure. Nowadays, we can observe three types of changes taking place in gentrified parts of cities: economic, social and cultural ones. The author of this article presents the evolution of gentrification and points out the advantages and threats brought about by this process, including its effect on urban space and real property prices. She identifies the gentrification processes in Poland and their social impact, and verifies the hypothesis that contemporary gentrification, apart from being a physical process, is above all, a social and cultural one. On the example of some parts of the Szczecin urban agglomeration, she shows that gentrification, extending into the suburbs and rural areas, results in irreversible changes in land use and social structure.
Highlights
In Poland, gentrification is not a commonly recognized term, for many years this process has been present throughout the country with varying intensity
In Poland we can witness, first of all, the revitalization of degraded neighborhoods or the speculative growth of real estate prices, which is disturbed by a deep fluctuation of the real estate market cycle
The advantage of gentrification in Poland is the improved social structure in the gentrified areas and the fact that the process is stimulated by private development companies operating independently of public institutions
Summary
In Poland, gentrification is not a commonly recognized term, for many years this process has been present throughout the country with varying intensity. Gentrified areas stretch over certain parts of Polish cities, suburban enclaves and newly urbanized rural areas This is the first and foremost effect of urban sprawl, the consequence of years of unsatisfied housing demand as well as the changing housing preferences of individual investors. The author will attempt to verify the hypothesis that contemporary gentrification, apart from being a physical process is, above all, a social and cultural one She will use the example of the Szczecin urban agglomeration (its selected parts) to verify the opinion that gentrification, covering suburbs and rural areas, results in irreversible changes in land use management as well as social structure
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