Associations to the word «Gentrification»

Wiktionary

GENTRIFICATION, noun. (urban studies) The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents.

Dictionary definition

GENTRIFICATION, noun. The restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents).

Wise words

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