This article examines the transferability of the concept of gentrification away from its Anglo-American heartland to the cities of Asia Pacific and specifically Hong Kong. An epistemological argument challenges such theoretical licence, claiming that conceptual overreach represents another...

Intro -- Millionaire Migrants:Trans-Pacific Life Lines -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Series Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Trans-Pacifi c Mobility and the New Immigration Paradigm -- 2 Transition: From the Orient to the Pacifi c Rim -- 3 Calculating...

This paper draws from interviews conducted with leaders of 46 immigrant Christian churches in Vancouver. The congregations comprise newcomers from Korea, ethnic Chinese who are primarily recent immigrants and an older post-1945 German migration. The churches are identified as a hub in which...

This paper examines conditions that impede inner-city gentrification. Several factors emerge from review of a scattered literature, including the role of public policy, neighbourhood political mobilisation and various combinations of population and land use characteristics that are normally...

This study examines the relationship between gentrification and the transport mode selected for the journey to work. A review of surveys, ethnographies and electoral records shows a liberal and anti-suburban ideology associated with gentrification, including endorsement of sustainability and the...