Does spatial assimilation lead to reproduction of gentrification in the global city?

The Persistence of Residential Segregation by Race, 1940 to 2010: The Role of Federal Housing Policy

“…Specifically, the Black population declined in some neighborhoods due to (a) the end of the Great Migration in 1970, (b) the movement of an expanded Black middle class into White neighborhoods (Logan & Stults, 2011;Massey, 2015), (c) the reverse migration of urban Blacks to the South (Frey, 2015(Frey, , 2004, (d) the gentrification of previously poor and Black neighborhoods, and (e) the entry of immigrant groups into neighborhoods reducing the isolation of Blacks (R. J. Smith et al, 2017). In the absence of these population shifts, it is fair to wonder whether segregation might well have intensified even more.…”

“…However, the decline most likely reflects population shifts rather than improved federal housing policy. Specifically, the Black population declined in some neighborhoods due to (a) the end of the Great Migration in 1970, (b) the movement of an expanded Black middle class into White neighborhoods (Logan & Stults, 2011; Massey, 2015), (c) the reverse migration of urban Blacks to the South (Frey, 2015, 2004), (d) the gentrification of previously poor and Black neighborhoods, and (e) the entry of immigrant groups into neighborhoods reducing the isolation of Blacks (R. J. Smith et al, 2017).…”

Gentrification and binge drinking in California neighborhoods: It matters how long you’ve lived there

“…Fifth, our decision to define as gentrifiable all census tracts in California with at least 50% urbanized census blocks means that many smaller cities were included for analysis, while some have argued that gentrification is primarily a phenomenon of major cities. However, we used this approach because it is easily reproducible and can be readily generalized to other geographic areas; further, many of the changes typical of gentrification are increasingly occurring in smaller cities, and we feel these areas should not be neglected by gentrification researchers (R. J. Smith et al, 2017b).…”

“…Displacement of the poor and working classes, owing to increases in housing costs, is probably the most widely-debated impact of gentrification (Atkinson, 2000). However, even if, as some have suggested, the true extent of gentrification-related residential displacement is relatively limited (Freeman, 2005), the scope of gentrification’s potential impact remains broad (R. J. Smith et al, 2017b).…”