Gentrification in American cities

Thèmes abordés

Gentrification, Etats-unis, urbanisme, communautarisme, classes sociales, identité culturelle

Résumé du document

Rédiger en anglais et en 500 mots maximum une synthèse des documents proposés :
- un article de Shaquina Blake paru dans The Guardian le 15 février 2015 ;
- un dessin de presse Doonesbury, de 1980 ;
- un article de Peter Moskowitz paru dans Slate le 4 mai 2016 ;
- un article paru dans The Economist le 21 février 2015.

Extraits

[...] Observers also notice that ghettoes which have been existing for several decades are not the result of gentrification but had already been poor, or Black, in the first place and are basically the consequence of racist policies which have nothing to do with the phenomenon of gentrification. Between the concreted gigantism advocated by the famous town-planner Robert Moses and the multicoloured hive made of small districts and communities with specific cultural identities as the journalist and urban theorist Jane Jacobs had dreamt and encouraged, it is important to avoid a too Manichaean vision of gentrification. New plans, in the manner of New York's mayor's plan to promote thousands of units of affordable housing, are still to be invented. [...]

[...] Gentrification in American cities Présentation des documents Rédiger en anglais et en 500 mots une synthèse des documents proposés, qui devra obligatoirement comporter un titre. Indiquer avec précision, à la fin du travail, le nombre de mots utilisés (titre inclus), un écart de 10% en plus ou en moins sera accepté. Ce sujet propose les 4 documents suivants : un article de Shaquina Blake paru dans The Guardian du 15 février 2015 un dessin de presse Doonesbury, 1980 un article de Peter Moskowitz paru dans Slate du 4 mai 2016 ; un article paru dans The Economist du 21 février 2015. [...]

[...] On the other hand, some researchers view gentrification as a positive phenomenon. Indeed, when they settle in a former derelict neighbourhood, gentrifiers have the financial potential, but also the know-how and the proper connections with the right persons to help turn a former poor and violent area into a safe and nice one. They are very good at exerting pressure on schools, the police and more generally the city, in order to improve the way of life in the neighbourhood they have chosen. [...]