Gentrification in tourist cities: Evidence from New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina
<title>Abstract</title> Tourism‐led redevelopment often provides city residents with increased opportunities for employment, leisure, and cultural enrichment, but it can also have dramatic and unpredictable effects on their lives. One of these effects involves the repercussions of redevelopment that transforms working‐class neighborhoods into middle‐ or upper‐class areas catering to tourists. We use the city of New Orleans as a case study to explore the connections between tourism and gentrification. We first discuss the growth of tourism in New Orleans, paying particular attention to its geographic scope. We then consider the ways in which gentrification and tourism are connected in New Orleans and what their relationship adds to theories of tourism development and urban revitalization. The analysis concludes with an in‐depth look at one of the nation's oldest black neighborhoods, Tremé, where both tourism and the nonblack population have been increasing in recent years.
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2008
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Authors: | Gladstone, David ; Préau, Jolie |
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Housing Policy Debate. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1051-1482. - Vol. 19.2008, 1, p. 137-175
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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