Recent quantitative studies on the relationship between gentrification and residential displacement have produced inconsistent findings.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Real Estate Flyers as Documentation of Gentrification (2021) · doi

  Though the term “gentrification”—a process by which residents in impoverished neighborhoods are displaced and the built environment altered to suit the tastes of wealthier residents—was introduced in 1964, documentary evidence of this phenomenon is still lacking.

  Keywords: residents though term gentrification process impoverished neighborhoods displaced built environment altered suit tastes wealthier introduced
• The suburbanisation of poverty in British cities, 2004-16: extent, processes and nature (2017) · doi

  The paper also shows that spatial segregation (unevenness) declined at the same time although it remains to be seen whether this indicates a long-term shift to less segregated urban forms or a transitional outcome before new forms of segregation emerge around suburban poverty concentrations.

  Keywords: segregation forms shows spatial unevenness declined time remains seen whether indicates long term shift less
• ‘Now the German comes’: The ethnic effect of gentrification in Berlin (2018) · doi

  Compared to the United States, the relationship between ethnicity and gentrification is still understudied in the Western European context.

  Keywords: compared united states relationship ethnicity gentrification still understudied western european context
• What Drives Displacement? Involuntary Mobility and the Faces of Gentrification (2024) · doi

  Recent quantitative studies on the relationship between gentrification and residential displacement have produced inconsistent findings.

  Keywords: recent quantitative relationship gentrification residential displacement produced inconsistent
• Gentrification, Social Mix, and Social Polarization: Testing the Linkages in Large Canadian Cities (2008) · doi

  However, the impact of revitalization and gentrification on levels of social mix, income polarization, or ethnic diversity within neighborhoods remains unclear and under-explored.

  Keywords: impact revitalization gentrification levels social income polarization ethnic diversity within neighborhoods remains unclear explored