This paper seeks to test the gentrification hypothesis pertaining to the historical centre of Porto in the context of the changes observed in the economic, social, and housing structures of the city in recent decades. The hypothesis of replacement of low-income families by an upper middle class is tested using a methodology combining techniques of qualitative analysis (semi-structured in-depth interviews with residents and former residents and officials involved in the transformation of the area), and quantitative analysis (statistical data on population and housing). The empirical results indicate that the displacement of low-income families was due more to processes of housing degradation than to housing rehabilitation. It also indicates ...
This chapter consists of a literature review of the concept of "gentrification" and its historical d...
Abstract This article aims to analyze the real estate dynamics and urban policies in the central reg...
The purpose of this article is to understand the recent urban restructuring processes that have take...
Este artigo procura testar a hipótese de gentrificação residencial do centro histórico do Porto, no...
This paper critically analyses the legal and institutional framework set up by the Portuguese govern...
The process of decline in historic city centres has been inseparable from the decline in the residen...
An ‘Ilha’ in Porto is a typology of low cost housing which spread within the city in the 19th Centur...
The historical centre of Porto city (Portugal) has gone through increasing gentrification and real e...
This paper aims to explore the evolution of the concept of gentrification since the 1960 decade, whe...
<p></p><p>The city of Salvador replicates the process of “accumulation by spoliation” characteristic...
This paper focuses the recent social housing policies of Porto city hall (at the north of Portugal)....
The context of crisis and austerity has provided a legitimate alibi for the inscription of neolibera...
Since the decade of 1980, there has been a strong tradition of historical research on poverty and ur...
According to this paper, gentrification is a consequence of changes not only in the quality, composi...
Book of proceedings: Annual AESOP Congress, Spaces of Dialog for Places of Dignity, Lisbon, 11-14th ...
This chapter consists of a literature review of the concept of "gentrification" and its historical d...
Abstract This article aims to analyze the real estate dynamics and urban policies in the central reg...
The purpose of this article is to understand the recent urban restructuring processes that have take...
Este artigo procura testar a hipótese de gentrificação residencial do centro histórico do Porto, no...
This paper critically analyses the legal and institutional framework set up by the Portuguese govern...
The process of decline in historic city centres has been inseparable from the decline in the residen...
An ‘Ilha’ in Porto is a typology of low cost housing which spread within the city in the 19th Centur...
The historical centre of Porto city (Portugal) has gone through increasing gentrification and real e...
This paper aims to explore the evolution of the concept of gentrification since the 1960 decade, whe...
<p></p><p>The city of Salvador replicates the process of “accumulation by spoliation” characteristic...
This paper focuses the recent social housing policies of Porto city hall (at the north of Portugal)....
The context of crisis and austerity has provided a legitimate alibi for the inscription of neolibera...
Since the decade of 1980, there has been a strong tradition of historical research on poverty and ur...
According to this paper, gentrification is a consequence of changes not only in the quality, composi...
Book of proceedings: Annual AESOP Congress, Spaces of Dialog for Places of Dignity, Lisbon, 11-14th ...
This chapter consists of a literature review of the concept of "gentrification" and its historical d...
Abstract This article aims to analyze the real estate dynamics and urban policies in the central reg...
The purpose of this article is to understand the recent urban restructuring processes that have take...