Eroding Sands of Affordable Housing: Exploring coastal property market and perceptions of neighbourhood change
(2023) SGEM08 20231Department of Human Geography
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This study examines the burgeoning patterns of the phenomenon of new-build gentrification. This phenomenon reflects a social justice imbalance, where affluence takes precedence over equitable access and the interests of economically vulnerable groups, in shaping urban spaces. While economic and environmental sustainability have been prioritized in urbanization goals, the social dimensions, including issues of housing segregation, displacement, and affordability, have been increasingly neglected. Despite Lomma's recognition for its sustainability efforts, understanding of its social sustainability remains limited. Moreover, the global trends of brownfield regeneration and densification raise important questions regarding the intended... (More)
- This study examines the burgeoning patterns of the phenomenon of new-build gentrification. This phenomenon reflects a social justice imbalance, where affluence takes precedence over equitable access and the interests of economically vulnerable groups, in shaping urban spaces. While economic and environmental sustainability have been prioritized in urbanization goals, the social dimensions, including issues of housing segregation, displacement, and affordability, have been increasingly neglected. Despite Lomma's recognition for its sustainability efforts, understanding of its social sustainability remains limited. Moreover, the global trends of brownfield regeneration and densification raise important questions regarding the intended beneficiaries and underlying motivations of these development initiatives. By conducting a qualitative assessment, this exploratory thesis conducted a content analysis of articles and interviews with area stakeholders, through the lens of new-build gentrification, exclusionary displacement, and social sustainability. The study explores stakeholder perceptions and imaginaries to gain preliminary insights into the production of Lomma's densification process and its social implications. The findings reveal that a burgeoning pattern of new-build gentrification and exclusionary displacement is expressed in articles and stakeholder perceptions of Lomma Hamn regeneration. This has negative impacts on the trajectory of sustainable development at the municipal and regional levels, particularly in the area of housing and displacement. This study advocates that further studies that are committed to the social sustainability of Lomma and the formulation of relational-level gentrification be applied at a regional level. (Less)
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- author
- Mohammed, Farida Oleyni LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SGEM08 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Brownfield regeneration, new-build gentrification, social sustainability, production of space, suburb, indirect displacement
- language
- English
- id
- 9121968
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abstract = {{This study examines the burgeoning patterns of the phenomenon of new-build gentrification. This phenomenon reflects a social justice imbalance, where affluence takes precedence over equitable access and the interests of economically vulnerable groups, in shaping urban spaces. While economic and environmental sustainability have been prioritized in urbanization goals, the social dimensions, including issues of housing segregation, displacement, and affordability, have been increasingly neglected. Despite Lomma's recognition for its sustainability efforts, understanding of its social sustainability remains limited. Moreover, the global trends of brownfield regeneration and densification raise important questions regarding the intended beneficiaries and underlying motivations of these development initiatives. By conducting a qualitative assessment, this exploratory thesis conducted a content analysis of articles and interviews with area stakeholders, through the lens of new-build gentrification, exclusionary displacement, and social sustainability. The study explores stakeholder perceptions and imaginaries to gain preliminary insights into the production of Lomma's densification process and its social implications. The findings reveal that a burgeoning pattern of new-build gentrification and exclusionary displacement is expressed in articles and stakeholder perceptions of Lomma Hamn regeneration. This has negative impacts on the trajectory of sustainable development at the municipal and regional levels, particularly in the area of housing and displacement. This study advocates that further studies that are committed to the social sustainability of Lomma and the formulation of relational-level gentrification be applied at a regional level.}},
author = {{Mohammed, Farida Oleyni}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Eroding Sands of Affordable Housing: Exploring coastal property market and perceptions of neighbourhood change}},
year = {{2023}},
}