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Title (Primary) Gentrificationforschung in Ostdeutschland: Konzeptionelle Probleme und Forschungslücken
Author Bernt, M.; Rink, D.; Holm, A.
Source Titel Berichte zur deutschen Landeskunde
Year 2010
Department SUSOZ
Volume 84
Issue 2
Page From 185
Page To 203
Language deutsch
UFZ inventory Z, Leipzig - Bibliothek, Magazin, 66.1992 - 86.2012
Abstract

The article examines the existing research on gentrification in east-German cities and outlines a number of theoretical and methodological problems which characterize this strand of urban scholarship since its start in the early 1990s. Although numerous studies have been accomplished, the explanatory power of research contributions often remained low and predictions had to be revised regularly. Thus, the existing research consistently underachieved, compared to its potentials. We argue that this situation is due to an uncritical import of socio-ecological researchdesigns which have become popular in west-German gentrification-studies in the late 1980ies. We demonstrate how this import has led to numerous difficulties, especially with regard to applied definitions, the economics of gentrification as well as the analysis of social structures, lifestyles and milieus. As a result, we recommend more comparative studies and a more flexible concept of gentrification that focuses on economic processes, social inequality and power.

Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=9792
Bernt, M., Rink, D., Holm, A. (2010):
Gentrificationforschung in Ostdeutschland: Konzeptionelle Probleme und Forschungslücken
Ber. z. dt. Landeskunde 84 (2), 185 - 203