WEB RESOURCES on GENTRIFICATION
Visit the following web sites for more information
on how to connect your students to public life. Some of these sites
provide information while others outline opportunities for getting students
connected to their communities. Unless otherwise noticed, all quoted
material is taken directly from the listed web sites.
National Housing Institute& Shelterforce:
The Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Building
This journal provides academic research on
this topic and is published by the National Housing Institute.
At http://www.nhi.org./online/index.html
The May/June 2001, issue 117, "Managing
Gentrification: Tools and Timing" has many helpful articles
on this topic.
At http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/117/Rose.html
Gotham Gazette
The Gotham Gazette works as four publications
in one : a daily digest of news about New York City; a news operation
in itself; a policy magazine; and a reference tool for students and
serious researchers. The Gotham Gazette has published a good article
(with links) on "The New Gentrification."
At http://www.gothamgazette.com/iotw/gent/
The On-Line Conference On Community Organizing
and Development (COMM-ORG)
COMM-ORG is a listserv and web site
that houses many interesting resources related to community organizing
and development. In the year 2000, a paper entitled Gentrification and
West Oakland: Causes, Effects and Best Practices" was published.
Although dealing with specific issues about Oakland, the paper includes
information about gentrification in many American cities.
At http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/papers2000/gentrify/contents.htm
PolicyLink.org
Provides valuable information and resources on the topic of gentrification.
They provide a "Beyond Gentrification Toolkit" that is devised
to help communities plan for and steer new investments to their communities.
It draws from the best practices and creative policy work of culturally
diverse communities who have worked to prevent displacement as their
neighborhoods improve."
More information can be found at their web site,
At http://www.policylink.org
or link directly to the Toolkit at http://www.policylink.org/gentrification/
