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Gentrification in Porto: floating city users and internationally-driven urban change

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: The heightening scale of urban tourism and the fast-growing number of “floating” city users raise new challenges to understand contemporary urban change – namely for internationally open, heritage-rich medium-sized cities. Discussing the case of Porto at a time when the contested notion of gentrification infuses local politics, we highlight the transnational drivers of this process in Portugal´s second city. While acknowledging perils and benefits, we argue that more than simply leaving a footprint to be solved with taxation, internationally-driven gentrification may endanger city diversity and identity, raising implications for urban policy and for our understanding of local development as a whole.

Source: Urban Geography

DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2019.1585139

Authors: Luís Carvalho, Pedro Chamusca, José Fernandes, Jorge Pinto

Institutions: Universidade do Porto, Centro de Estudos em Geografia e Ordenamento do Territorio, Instituto Superior de Ciências Empresariais e do Turismo

Language: English

Topic: Urban Planning and Governance

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

Funder: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia