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Urban tourism and population change: Gentrification in the age of mobilities

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    Identifier: imarina:7979612
    Authors:
    Lopez-Gay, AntonioCocola-Gant, AgustinPaolo Russo, Antonio
    Abstract:
    The prepandemic unbridled growth of tourism has triggered a significant debate regarding the future of cities; several authors suggest that neighbourhood change produced by tourism should be conceived as a form of gentrification. Yet research on population shifts-a fundamental dimension of gentrification-in such neighbourhoods is scarce. Our exploration of theGoticarea in Barcelona, using quantitative and qualitative techniques, reveals a process of population restructuring characterised by a decrease of long-term residents and inhabited dwellings, and the arrival of young and transnational gentrifiers that are increasingly mobile and form a transient population. We then use some insights from the mobilities literature to make sense of these results. In the gentrification of the Gotic, the attractiveness of the area for visitors and for a wider palette of transnational dwellers feeds one another, resulting in an uneven negotiation whereby more wealthy and 'footloose' individuals gain access and control of space and housing over less mobile and more dependent populations.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Lopez-Gay, Antonio; Cocola-Gant, Agustin; Paolo Russo, Antonio;
    Department: Geografia
    URV's Author/s: Russo, Antonio
    Keywords: Urban tourism Urban development Transnational gentrifiers Tourism development Tourism Spain Population dynamics Population change Politics Policy Mobility Mobilities Migration Lifestyle migration Lifestyle Household Gentrification Displacement Debate Culture City Catalonia Barcelona [catalonia] Barcelona [barcelona (prv)] Barcelona
    Abstract: The prepandemic unbridled growth of tourism has triggered a significant debate regarding the future of cities; several authors suggest that neighbourhood change produced by tourism should be conceived as a form of gentrification. Yet research on population shifts-a fundamental dimension of gentrification-in such neighbourhoods is scarce. Our exploration of theGoticarea in Barcelona, using quantitative and qualitative techniques, reveals a process of population restructuring characterised by a decrease of long-term residents and inhabited dwellings, and the arrival of young and transnational gentrifiers that are increasingly mobile and form a transient population. We then use some insights from the mobilities literature to make sense of these results. In the gentrification of the Gotic, the attractiveness of the area for visitors and for a wider palette of transnational dwellers feeds one another, resulting in an uneven negotiation whereby more wealthy and 'footloose' individuals gain access and control of space and housing over less mobile and more dependent populations.
    Research group: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics
    Thematic Areas: Sociología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Interdisciplinar Human geography and urban studies Geography, planning and development Geography Geografia i urbanisme Geografía Demography Ciencias sociales
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 15448444
    Author's mail: antonio.russo@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0001-8768-246X
    Record's date: 2024-07-27
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/psp.2380
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Population Space And Place. 27 (1):
    APA: Lopez-Gay, Antonio; Cocola-Gant, Agustin; Paolo Russo, Antonio; (2021). Urban tourism and population change: Gentrification in the age of mobilities. Population Space And Place, 27(1), -. DOI: 10.1002/psp.2380
    Article's DOI: 10.1002/psp.2380
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2021
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Demography,Geography,Geography, Planning and Development
    Urban tourism
    Urban development
    Transnational gentrifiers
    Tourism development
    Tourism
    Spain
    Population dynamics
    Population change
    Politics
    Policy
    Mobility
    Mobilities
    Migration
    Lifestyle migration
    Lifestyle
    Household
    Gentrification
    Displacement
    Debate
    Culture
    City
    Catalonia
    Barcelona [catalonia]
    Barcelona [barcelona (prv)]
    Barcelona
    Sociología
    Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia
    Interdisciplinar
    Human geography and urban studies
    Geography, planning and development
    Geography
    Geografia i urbanisme
    Geografía
    Demography
    Ciencias sociales
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