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gentrification

/jen-truh-fi-key-shuhn/US // ˌdʒɛn trə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌdʒɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) //

外来化,外流化,外来务工人员,外迁

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
    • : the process of conforming to an upper- or middle-class lifestyle, or of making a product, activity, etc., appealing to those with more affluent tastes: the gentrification of fashion.

Examples

  • The third phase of the gentrification process is perhaps the most noticeable, but by then, intervention is difficult.

  • Marcos Carbajal, Inocencio’s son, and now a co-owner of Carnitas Uruapan, is torn over the gentrification of Pilsen.

  • Certain patterns emerged that highlight the interdependent relationship between restaurants and the numerous phases of urban gentrification.

  • Holistically, this will relieve some gentrification pressure.

  • You find evidence that rent control increases gentrification, one component of which is the displacement of low-income tenants.

  • And gentrification is fine, the problem is the consequences—the people outside your line of sight—which is very troubling.

  • The cellphone use among pedestrians has dovetailed insidiously with hyper-gentrification, Moss says.

  • Hip trendsetters are blamed for everything from gentrification to expensive beer.

  • Despite the hype over gentrification, urban economies—including that of New York—still underperform their periphery.

  • This is gentrification of the fashion seen everywhere from Minneapolis to Mumbai.