Gentrification

What is gentrification? What forces underlie it? How are the old and new residents of gentrifying neighborhoods impacted? Where did the first cities emerge? Why did they emerge where they did? What design and social features did they share? Why did European and southern African-American migrants move to American cities in the 19th and early 20th centuries? What opportunities and difficulties did they face on arrival? Why did some racial or ethnic groups experience more social mobility than others? What are the main causes and consequences of racial segregation in American cities? What are the major social problems afflicting ghettoized neighborhoods? Why are they more common in these areas? What is gentrification? What forces underlie it? How are the old and new residents of gentrifying neighborhoods impacted? Who are the new immigrants in the US? What particular opportunites and challenges do these groups face? What are the biggest problems facing American cities today? What can be done to remedy them? What are the biggest problems facing cities in the Global South?