Big sky or big scrawl? Rural gentrification and the changing cultural landscape of Missoula, Montana
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The case of Missoula is explored to examine the nature of the significant growth in Rocky Mountain region due to migration of population and its impacts upon the cultural landscape of the Big Sky country of Montana. It is contended that the changes are caused due to in-migration of the new middle class in search of a Rocky Mountain lifestyle creating a process of rural gentrification in which long-term residents are increasingly displaced.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2004
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Gentrification, displacement, and tourism in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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The article discusses the transition in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain to commercially develop it from the tourism point of view and compares it with postwar urban redevelopment.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2007
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The final frontier: charter Schools as new community institutions of gentrification
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The article analyzes charter school as the new community institution of gentrification process and the importance of place-based community consumed and produced by gentrifiers.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2007
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