There Goes the Hood: Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up

by Lance Freeman

Overview

In this revealing book, Lance Freeman sets out to answer a seemingly simple question: how does gentrification actually affect residents of neighborhoods in transition? To find out, Freeman does what no scholar before him has done. He interviews the indigenous residents of two predominantly black neighborhoods that are in the process of gentrification: Harlem and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. By listening closely to what people tell him, he creates a more nuanced picture of the impacts of gentrification on the perceptions, attitudes and behaviors of the people who stay in their neighborhoods. Freeman describes the theoretical and planning/policy implications of his findings, both for New York City and for any gentrifying urban area. There Goes the 'Hood provides a more complete, and complicated, understanding of the gentrification process, highlighting the reactions of long-term residents. It suggests new ways of limiting gentrification's negative effects and of creating more positive experiences for newcomers and natives alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592134380
Publisher:	Temple University Press
Publication date:	01/19/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Lance Freeman is Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements                                                                           
Chapter 1. Introduction                                                                    
Chapter 2. The Evolution of Clinton Hill and Harlem                      
Chapter 3. There Goes the Hood                                                      
Chapter 4. Making Sense of Gentrification                                      
Chapter 5. Neighborhood Effects in a Changing Hood                     
Chapter 6. Implications for Planning and Policy                             
Chapter 7. Conclusion                                                                     
Methodological Appendix                                                              
Bibliography