This article defines gentrification as an influx of capital and concomitant goods and services in locales where those resources were previously non-existent or denied. The author discusses the problems that gentrification causes.
Examining the Negative Impacts of Gentrification
Change to cities, neighborhoods, and communities is inevitable-however, with the latest tide of change, many communities are experiencing gentrification. Gentrification occurs when “communities experience an influx of capital and concomitant goods and services in locales where those resources were previously non-existent or denied.”[1] Usually, gentrification occurs when more affluent people move to or become interested in historically less affluent neighborhoods.
