Beyond gentrification
In This Series
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Gentrification doesn’t fix inner-city schools
An influx of wealth might improve neighborhoods, but public schools? Not so much.
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Climate change is the ultimate gentrifier
If you're really worried about gentrification, your best bet is tackling problems related to racial inequities and climate change vulnerability.
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A surprising tool to slow gentrification: Land trusts
Community land trusts can guarantee a level of economic diversity in urban neighborhoods, and help locals take charge of their own destiny.
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Can we green the hood without gentrifying it?
How gentrification dirties up environmental cleanups.
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Why living in Detroit doesn’t come cheap
Detroit's housing market may look accessible, but once you do the math imposed by the city's sometimes tough conditions, it's hardly a bargain.
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Who says gentrification is a myth?
Recent reports claim that gentrification is fiction. But it’s a fact of life for those who’ve been displaced by it.
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Urban planners may have finally found how to get to Sesame Street
With "equitable development," planners say they've finally figured out how to make sustainable, healthy neighborhoods accessible to everyone.