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来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.40,Issue4,P.565-572

语言

英文

关键字

Transnational gentrification; touristification; studentification; retail; holiday rentals

作者单位

[Carvalho, Luis; Chamusca, Pedro; Fernandes, Jose] Univ Porto, Ctr Studies Geog & Spatial Planning, CEGOT, Via Panoramica S-N, P-4150564 Porto, Portugal. [Pinto, Jorge] CEGOT, ISCET Higher Inst Business & Tourism, Ctr Studies Geog & Spatial Planning, Porto, Portugal. Chamusca, P (reprint author), Univ Porto, Ctr Studies Geog & Spatial Planning, CEGOT, Via Panoramica S-N, P-4150564 Porto, Portugal. E-Mail: pchamusca@letras.up.pt

摘要

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.