Gentrification vs. Regentrification

Gentrification vs. Regentrification — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Gentrification and Regentrification

Gentrificationnoun

(urban studies) The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.

Regentrificationnoun

The act or process of regentrifying.

Gentrificationnoun

the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of lower-income people)

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