Reversing the dominant directionality: Evidence of the East Asian model of gentrification in LA's Koreatown

Deverteuil, Geoffrey and Yun, Ohsoon 2020. Reversing the dominant directionality: Evidence of the East Asian model of gentrification in LA's Koreatown. Area 52 (2) , pp. 306-313. 10.1111/area.12556 Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Reversing the usual directionality of gentrification theory and process emanating from Anglo‐American models, we work from an East Asian model of gentrification via Seoul to see whether it has been emulated in the Global North, in this case Koreatown, Los Angeles. Focusing on the style, density, scale, scope and pace of the East Asian model and using interviews with 25 Korean gentrifiers and 10 key informants alongside secondary data, the results showed a mix of explicit emulation (density, new‐build) and no emulation at all (slow pace, small‐scale, punctuated scope), yielding a distinctly hybrid, Los Angeles‐style model that builds up a wider geography of gentrification.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0004-0894
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	10 June 2019
Date of Acceptance:	15 April 2019
Last Modified:	10 Jun 2020 13:16
URI:	http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/123361

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