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Moving Beyond the Gentrification Gaps: Social Change, Tenure Change and Gap Theories in Stockholm

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    (Adam Millard-Ball is at 8 Wivenhoe Road, Alresford, Colchester, Essex, C07 8AD, UK)

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Production-side theories of gentrification are generally confined to the rent and value gaps. In Stockholm, the value gap, involving tenure conversions from rental to co-operative ownership, is usually cited as the primary gentrification mechanism. However, results described here indicate that gentrification has taken place in rental properties even prior to tenure conversion. Together with the small number of conversions taking place, this means that the value-gap mechanism is of limited importance. It is suggested that mechanisms operating within the rental sector, such as 'luxury renovations' and the housing allocation process, are more significant in Stockholm, and that gap theories are of little relevance. More generally, explanations of gentrification in a mixed economy such as that of Sweden need to look beyond traditional theories.

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  • Adam Millard-Ball, 2000. "Moving Beyond the Gentrification Gaps: Social Change, Tenure Change and Gap Theories in Stockholm," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 37(9), pages 1673-1693, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:37:y:2000:i:9:p:1673-1693
    DOI: 10.1080/00420980020080311
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    1. Steven C. Bourassa, 1993. "The Rent Gap Debunked," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 30(10), pages 1731-1744, December.
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    1. Willem R. Boterman & Wouter P.C. Gent, 2014. "Housing Liberalisation and Gentrification: The Social Effects of Tenure Conversions in Amsterdam," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 105(2), pages 140-160, April.
    2. Hans Lind & Anders Hellström, 2006. "Market Rents and Economic Segregation: Evidence From a Natural Experiment," European Journal of Housing Policy, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 6(2), pages 167-189, August.
    3. Sukumar Ganapati, 2010. "Enabling Housing Cooperatives: Policy Lessons from Sweden, India and the United States," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(2), pages 365-380, June.

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