Geography GCSE
Gentrification
What Gentrification means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Gentrification
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The process by which wealthier people move into, renovate, and restore housing and sometimes businesses in inner cities or other deteriorated areas.
The process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste, often displacing lower-income residents.
The process where wealthier people move into a run-down inner-city area, improving housing but often displacing poorer original residents.
The buying and renovating of properties in run-down areas by wealthier individuals.
Topics that use Gentrification
- Challenges in the human environment (AQA GCSE)
- Globalisation and economic change create challenges for the chosen UK city that require long-term solutions (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- The chosen UK city is being changed by movements of people, employment and services (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- The context of the chosen UK city influences its functions and structure (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Deindustrialisation
- Connectivity
- Deprivation
- Energy Mix and Transition
- Globalisation
- HDI (Human Development Index)
- Megacity
- Post-industrial economy
Using Gentrification in the exam
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