Gentrification Replay

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Gentrification, Revitalization, and Feral Communities

Gentrification is an upward shift in income, education, occupational levels, and house values. Gentrification has a general effect on the increase in inequality by widening the gap between the poor and the rich in the society (Lees, 2015). On the other hand, revitalization is restoring something to an active condition by investing in the community mainly on the resident parts (Xian & Chen, 2015). Additionally, a feral community is a metropolis with a population of more than one million individuals in the state. In feral communities, the structures continue to grow, and the majority of the occupants do not voluntarily leave. ]

Therefore, there are several negative and positive effects posed by gentrification, revitalization, and feral communities. For example, The positive effects that are associated with the gentrification shortly are that there will be an increase in the tax revenue in the community as gentrification seeks to bring more people to the community area with a wide range of interest in developing the community and funding various businesses.

Additionally, there will be a boost in the local economy in the future as there is the introduction of the wealthy groups into the community seeking to improve the economy of the particular community. Also, revitalisation seeks to improve the physical and social environments in the community which have been deposited hence improving the community standards,

The negative effects caused is that there is an increasing number of crime in the community areas as several youths are found to be unemployed; hence they resort to crime and violence in the community. Additionally, there is the issue of inequality where several individuals are discriminated in various aspects and hence are not able to receive the various services like education hence there are the disparity issues. Moreover, there is also the issue of the inefficient healthcare system as there has been an increased aging population without the proper healthcare condition that they deserve. Additionally, gentrification has also seen the collapse of various business in the black community areas while in the white sectors, businesses continue as usual. This has the effect of segregation and inequality arises.

Reference

Lees, L. (2015). Gentrification. In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.74013-X

Xian, S., & Chen, H. (2015). Revitalisation of industrial buildings in Hong Kong: New measures, new constraints? Habitat International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.02.004