scholarly journals Beyond gentrification: Diversified neighbourhood upgrading in the inner city of Budapest

Geografie ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoltán Kovács ◽  
Reinhard Wiessner ◽  
Romy Zischner
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Dimensional Analysis ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Renewal Processes ◽  
Market Mechanisms ◽  
Social Mix ◽  
Neighbourhood Renewal

The concept of gentrification has been extensively used in post-socialist context in association with neighbourhood renewal processes, despite the exact meaning of the term and its social effects not always being sufficiently clarified. This paper builds upon empirical research from downtown Budapest. Our investigation primarily focused on the interplay of three groups of stakeholders involved in urban renewal: politicians, investors and residents. On the basis of our multi-dimensional analysis, we could identify three main types of upgrading: classical gentrification (with two sub-types), as well as incumbent upgrading and soft forms of revitalisation. In the studied neighbourhoods, a mixture of these forms of upgrading could be identified, reflecting a diversified rejuvenation. Gentrification was spatially limited to poverty ridden neighbourhoods subject to local government organised regeneration programmes. The predominance of soft forms of revitalisation is a function of housing market mechanisms as well as the planning control of local districts, which in general together create a healthy social mix despite pervasive regeneration activities.

scholarly journals Disruption, destruction and the creation of ‘the inner cities’: the impact of urban renewal on industry, 1945–1980

Urban History ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 492-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALISTAIR KEFFORD
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Industrial Activities ◽  
Inner Cities ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT:This article examines the impact of post-war urban renewal on industry and economic activity in Manchester and Leeds. It demonstrates that local redevelopment plans contained important economic underpinnings which have been largely overlooked in the literature, and particularly highlights expansive plans for industrial reorganization and relocation. The article also shows that, in practice, urban renewal had a destabilizing and destructive impact on established industrial activities and exacerbated the inner-city problems of unemployment and disinvestment which preoccupied policy-makers by the 1970s. The article argues that post-war planning practices need to be integrated into wider histories of deindustrialization in British cities.

scholarly journals Analysis of Housing Market Dynamics Considering the Structural Characteristics of Mortgage Interest

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10523
Author(s):  
Insoo Baek ◽  
Sanghyo Lee ◽  
Joosung Lee ◽  
Jaejun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Housing Demand ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Mortgage Loan ◽  
Market Mechanisms ◽  
The Government

Mortgage loan interest rates consists of base interest and spread. In general, the base interest is adjusted by the government for the sustainability of the housing market. On the other hand, spread is determined by market mechanisms. Accordingly, the change pattern of base interest and spread may appear differently depending on the market situation. In the end, the effect of the government’s market intervention through interest rate policy may be different than expected. In this respect, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of base interest and spread of the mortgage loan interest rate on the housing market and to derive important policy implications for the sustainability of the housing market. As a result of this study, the ineffectiveness of the government’s interest rate policies on the stability of the housing market was confirmed. The market mechanisms had more significant effects on the sustainability of the housing market than artificial political intervention. Further, housing supply policies based on the market mechanism could be more effective than housing demand policies based on interest-rate adjustments.

The Location of Marginalised Groups in the Inner City

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
H P M Winchester ◽  
P E White
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Urban Society ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Activity Spaces ◽  
Marginal Groups ◽  
Marginalised Groups ◽  
Lesbian Community

In this paper certain sociospatial processes currently affecting the evolution of the inner city are considered, namely the processes of gentrification, polarisation and marginalisation. It is argued that these processes are increasing in importance as a result of deindustrialisation, demographic trends, the activities of the state, and changes in ideology; these forces then being reflected in the operation of the housing market. Marginalised groups in urban society can be categorised through their relationships to three elements of capitalist-patriarchal control, namely economic standards, social norms, and legal codes. Constraints on the residential location and activity spaces of marginal groups are examined by means of case studies of the impoverished elderly, the lesbian community, and down-and-out groups in Paris in the 1980s.

Selling national urban renewal: the National Film Board, the National Capital Commission and post-war planning in Ottawa, Canada

Urban History ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROGER M. PICTON
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Urban Redevelopment ◽  
World War ◽  
Planning Techniques ◽  
National Capital ◽  
Centralized Planning ◽  
National Film Board ◽  
Post War

ABSTRACT:Using film and archival evidence, this article focuses on post-war urban redevelopment in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. During this period, two federal institutions, the National Capital Commission and the National Film Board, worked in tandem to disseminate the promise of post-war urban renewal. Film and planning techniques perfected during World War II would be used to sell national urban renewal to Canadians. Rooted in centralized planning, steeped in militarist rhetoric and embedded in authoritarian tendencies, federal plans for a new modern capital had tragic implications for the marginalized and dislocated residents of the inner-city neighbourhood of LeBreton Flats.

Urban Renewal in the Inner City of Budapest: Gentrification from a Post-socialist Perspective

Urban Studies ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoltán Kovács ◽  
Reinhard Wiessner ◽  
Romy Zischner
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Urban Renewal

scholarly journals Rynek mieszkaniowy i polityka mieszkaniowa w dużym polskim mieście – studium przypadku Poznania

Studia BAS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (66) ◽  
pp. 147-172
Author(s):  
Łukasz Strączkowski ◽  
Maciej Koszel
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Housing Policy ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Current State ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

The article provides an overview of the housing policy in Poznań. It begins with a discussion of the importance of dwellings in contemporary society. The second section focuses on the main assumptions of the housing policy in Poland and the tools that can be used on the level of local government units. Next, the authors present the current state of the housing market in Poznań. In order to provide deeper insight, the analysis is based on data spanning over a 6-year period using both quantitative and qualitative methods. In the final two sections, the implementation of the city’s housing policy is discussed. The authors argue that the overall effects of Poznań’s housing policy are positive, but serious challenges lie ahead.

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