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Aug. 23, 2021 / Gordon Price

Bikelanes: Another Annoying Study

When it comes to NIMBYism, both Right and Left have their strategies.  For the Right, change brings ‘loss of character’…
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May. 13, 2021 / Gordon Price

More Ammunition in the Gentrification War

There’s a premise out there (articulated pretty much at every rezoning hearing by Councillor Jean Swanson to justify a no…
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Mar. 26, 2021 / Gordon Price

Recommended Reading: The Fairness Finesse in London and San Francisco

Here’s a report on the changes being levered by the pandemic to accelerate the move to active-transportation infrastructure and design…
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Apr. 12, 2019 / Gordon Price

Does gentrification cause displacement? Not necessarily.

I’ve seen at least at two studies which demonstrate that ‘gentrification’ does not necessarily lead to major displacement of poorer…
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Nov. 08, 2016 / Gordon Price

Lecture: Studentification in urban centres – Nov 16

Studentification and the impacts of education-led international immigrants Speakers: Qiyan Wu and respondents Dr. Wu will discuss processes of studentification…
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May. 27, 2016 / Gordon Price

Barcelona: Mass Tourism and the Radical Mayor

From The Guardian: … the challenge most likely to define her time in office will be taming Barcelona’s tourist industry.…
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Feb. 01, 2016 / Dan Ross

Gentrification Postcard from Victoria

Simon Button, a young engineer and urban chicken enthusiast in Victoria, sends this dispatch on the topic of gentrification in…
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Mar. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Best read of the week

Durning finds something he likes in CityLab’s best reads, by Colin Marshall, The Guardian: , The Gentrification of Skid Row—A Story…
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Apr. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

Warning 3 – Another tourist backlash in hipster neighbourhoods

From The Protocity: Even though it is hard to define this urban phantom, we can argue that the hipster is…
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Feb. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

The slow decline of American Chinatowns

From the BBC: Rapid immigration led to the formation of US Chinatowns in the late 19th Century, though a long…
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Nov. 18, 2013 / Gordon Price

Free Lecture: Jane Jacobs and Gentrification – Nov 20

Gentrification and the Death and Life of American Cities Time: 7pm Place: Rm. 1420, Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings St.…
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Aug. 27, 2013 / Gordon Price

SFU Urban Studies: Gentrification and the City

SFU’s Urban Studies Program Fall speakers series on Gentrification and the City. The following notable academics will be joining us…
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Apr. 29, 2013 / Gordon Price

Leslie Kern: Bodies Out of Place – May 7

. Register here.…
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Feb. 22, 2013 / Gordon Price

Monocle Urbanist: Gentrification

It’s the raging issue in the Downtown East Side.  Scot Bathgate thinks the latest podcast from “The Urbanist” is relevant: .…

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