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
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
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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