The following videos are a series of TedX talks that explain gentrification and its impact upon low-income urban communities. Each speaker defines gentrification, illustrates a different perspective on its implications upon neighborhoods affected, and offers unique solutions\u00a0to eliminate the displacement and loss of agency experienced by previous inhabitants to the gentrified communities. I hope these videos give you additional insight to gentrification’s impact upon urban communities and how we can seek to alleviate the negative cultural effects it brings into urban spaces.<\/p>\n
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“What We Don’t Understand About Gentrification” by Professor Stacey A. Sutton<\/strong><\/p>\n In “What We Don’t Understand About Gentrification,” Prof. Sutton points out the difference between\u00a0gentrification and revitalization, and she discusses the direct and indirect displacement that results from its entry into urban spaces.\u00a0She ends her TedX Talk by calling gentrification a “social justice problem”\u00a0and arguing for progressive policies including rent control, incremental land taxes, and acting early against gentrification and subsequent displacement. Stacey A. Sutton is an Associate Professor\u00a0at the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago.1<\/sup><\/p>\n