Gentrification and Displacement: The Forced Relocation of Public Housing Tenants in Inner-Sydney

Examines a unique and hitherto unexamined case of urban removal in AustraliaIncludes in-depth interviews as a means to analyse urban gentrificationAdvances the global understanding of gentrification with its focus on a specific contemporary case study

Examines a unique and hitherto unexamined case of urban removal in Australia Includes in-depth interviews as a means to analyse urban gentrification Advances the global understanding of gentrification with its focus on a specific contemporary case study

Autorentext

Alan Morris is research professor at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance at the University of Technology Sydney. He is a prominent urban and housing studies scholar whose research has been published extensively in Australian, UK, US and South African journals. His most recent books include The Australian Dream: Housing Experiences of Older Australians (2016) and A Practical Introduction to In-depth Interviewing (2015).

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Chapter 1. Introduction and setting.- Chapter 2. A brief history.- Chapter 3. A unique community.- Chapter 4. The build-up to the displacement.- Chapter 5. The impact of the displacement announcement.- Chapter 6. Why tenants moved, part 1.- Chapter 7. Why tenants moved, part 2.- Chapter 8. The impact of the move.- Chapter 9. Conclusions - where to from here?.- Appendix A. Profile of interviewees.- Appendix B. Where tenants were moved to.- Appendix C. Methodology.