The Processes of Gentrification in North American Cities (History Research Paper)

The Processes of Gentrification in North American Cities
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The Processes of Gentrification in North American Cities
Introduction
Gentrification is the renovation and disinvestment of cities, and it is implemented based on the desire to improve neighborhoods. The idea is fueled by most Cities’ need to work the extra mile and reach beyond their borders to sustain their vast populations. Thus, the process is prevalent in urban than in rural areas. Gentrification has been used for an extended period of up to fifty years to describe the shift in the makeup of neighborhoods located close to the central business district (CBD) of North American cities. Although gentrification benefits communities significantly, it could also be detrimental to their progress. Therefore, regions should take a step further after implementing the changes to mitigate the accompanying harmful effects. This paper discusses the Gentrification’s concept, its possible impacts, ways of eliminating the adverse impact, and view of The Beaches neighborhood in Toronto.
The concept of Gentrification
Gentrification is the process of renovating or improving a neighborhood to ensure its conformation with the middle-class state. The procedure involves an economic change of historically disinvested communities (Zuk et al., 2015). Thus, the areas proposed for Gentrification have only existed in the low state due to a lack of economic investments. The neighborhoods would have had better outlooks if investors had thought of putting efforts into improving their economic values. Gentrification is achievable through investment in real estate and residents’ movement with high-income levels into the neighborhood (Zuk et al., 2015). The ventures help in escalating the incomes of the area under renovation. For instance, the people with higher income levels bring improved lifestyles into the neighborhood, enhancing the transition from the low standard income living to their enhanced levels. Their movement eventually changes the area’s demographic setting into a high economic value presentation (Zuk et al., 2015). On the other hand, investment in real estate is bound to change the city’s general view. Generally, the steps are made to change the neighborhood’s original setting under Gentrification into the required form of an improved economic structure.
Gentrification does engage not only changes in income level but also education level and the neighborhood population’s racial makeup. The procedure entails improving the educational process and creating a setting based on equality (Zuk et al., 2015). Gentrification is complicated and requires distinct involvement in the study of its structure. It includes research on the historical conditions, especially the policies and practices conforming to the community process. The societies may also desire to know the impacts of the process on them. Gentrification closely relates to urban renewal and revitalization. The aspects correlate as urban renewal is the clearing of blighted areas in cities such as slums to pave the way for more improved high-class structures (Sutton, 2008). At the same time, revitalization is the step of showing something, inclu...