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Slum Gentrification in the Global South

Guthrie, Rowena LU (2019) STVK12 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The term gentrification carries a significant amount of weight when used to describe processes of urban transformation and, despite its origins in 1960’s London, it has become a globally used and accepted term. An in-depth discussion is had on the issues surrounding contextuality and the mutation of the theory of gentrification over time. This research has then analysed the term gentrification through a process of theory testing, using Lagos state, Nigeria, as an illustrative case study. Davidson and Lees (2005) four defining characteristics of gentrification have been used as the basis of the theory. Data on urban transformations relating to slums was collected by undertaking a literature review and coded to highlight whether these... (More)
The term gentrification carries a significant amount of weight when used to describe processes of urban transformation and, despite its origins in 1960’s London, it has become a globally used and accepted term. An in-depth discussion is had on the issues surrounding contextuality and the mutation of the theory of gentrification over time. This research has then analysed the term gentrification through a process of theory testing, using Lagos state, Nigeria, as an illustrative case study. Davidson and Lees (2005) four defining characteristics of gentrification have been used as the basis of the theory. Data on urban transformations relating to slums was collected by undertaking a literature review and coded to highlight whether these processes could be referred to as slum gentrification, as had been done in the literature. The findings show that the only some aspects of the theory of gentrification are applicable to slum transformations in Lagos state, with two out of the four of Davidson and Lees’ (2005) characteristics being shown to apply in the data collected. (Less)
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Guthrie, Rowena LU
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STVK12 20191
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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English
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8978157
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2019-09-06 09:11:56
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  abstract     = {{The term gentrification carries a significant amount of weight when used to describe processes of urban transformation and, despite its origins in 1960’s London, it has become a globally used and accepted term. An in-depth discussion is had on the issues surrounding contextuality and the mutation of the theory of gentrification over time. This research has then analysed the term gentrification through a process of theory testing, using Lagos state, Nigeria, as an illustrative case study. Davidson and Lees (2005) four defining characteristics of gentrification have been used as the basis of the theory. Data on urban transformations relating to slums was collected by undertaking a literature review and coded to highlight whether these processes could be referred to as slum gentrification, as had been done in the literature. The findings show that the only some aspects of the theory of gentrification are applicable to slum transformations in Lagos state, with two out of the four of Davidson and Lees’ (2005) characteristics being shown to apply in the data collected.}},
  author       = {{Guthrie, Rowena}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Slum Gentrification in the Global South}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}