urban centres: gentrification and homogenisation?
[Irene Fernández Álvarez, 2005. perufer2004@yahoo.es]
As cities find themselves exposed to international competition with each other, the necessary valorisation of their built heritage and the rediscovery of the role of the city centre have nurtured the re-emergence of the core of cities as the "new mirrors" of their wholeness and image. In this process the potential of derelict central industrial lands and historic centres has unfolded considerable economic and political interest on their revitalisation. Yet, the embedded positive perception of regeneration, transformation and growth has social implications. What forms of development strategies avoid social gentrification and what is the nature of projects that prevent the global homogenisation of cities?
As cities find themselves exposed to international competition with each other, the necessary valorisation of their built heritage and the rediscovery of the role of the city centre have nurtured the re-emergence of the core of cities as the "new mirrors" of their wholeness and image. In this process the potential of derelict central industrial lands and historic centres has unfolded considerable economic and political interest on their revitalisation. Yet, the embedded positive perception of regeneration, transformation and growth has social implications. What forms of development strategies avoid social gentrification and what is the nature of projects that prevent the global homogenisation of cities?
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