The main purpose of the research was to present gentrification as a diverse phenomenon that cannot be explicitly qualified as negative or positive. In order to illustrate the problem, literature studies were carried out regarding urban regeneration, urban revitalization, gentrification and urban development. Then a case study was presented indicating two extremely different examples. The Walnut Hills Estate in Cincinnati in the United States, was the first to be described. The second example is Sayingmen,

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The article addresses the theoretical aspects of sustainable development; the content of methodological approaches to the assessment of sustainable city development is determined, the system of evaluation of sustainable city development is characterized, the dynamics of economic, social and ecological development of Kremenchuk are analyzed and recommendations for improving the sustainable development of the city are developed. The purpose of the research was to develop measures to improve the economic, social, environmental components of sustainable development of the Ukrainian industrial city of Kremenchuk