Gentrification Final project UP 206A – Kawano March 15, 2011 Ben Palmquist in Los Angeles 1999 - 2009
Dec 21, 2015
Gentrification
Final projectUP 206A – Kawano
March 15, 2011Ben Palmquist
in Los Angeles1999 -
2009
What is gentrification?
New residents
replace
old residents
in a disinvested inner-city
neighborhood
Source: Peter Marcuse, “Gentrification, Abandonment and Displacement: Connections, Causes and Policy Responses in New York City.” 28 Wash. U. J. Urb. & Contemp. L. 195 (1985).
(disproportionately young, white, professional, well educated and higher income)
(disproportionately low income, people of color, and the elderly)
How does it all add up?
income
educational attainment
median rent
Hypotheses• Gentrification is:
• focused on the east side
• focused near Metro rail stations and condos/lofts
• correlated with changes in race/ethnicity
by Ben Palmquist
Project Area
Data Sources US Census Bureau (2000 Census & 2005-09 ACS)
• educational attainment (percent change in portion of people with a bachelor’s degree or higher)
• income (percent change)
• rent prices (percent change in median gross rent)
• other variables considered: migration/mobility, tenure, median home value
Income (percent change in median family income)
Income (percent change in median family income)
Income (percent change in median family income)
Education(change in pct. of population with a
bachelor’s degree or higher)
Education(change in pct. of population with a
bachelor’s degree or higher)
Rent (pct. change in median gross rent)
Rent (pct. change in median gross rent)
Rent (pct. change in median gross rent)
How does it all add up?
income
educational attainment
median rent
Gentrification
Gentrification
Gentrification
Gentrifying Overall$360
$370
$380
$390
$400
$410
$420
$430
Rent
Change in median gross rent
Gentrifying Overall0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
Education
Change in percent of popula-tion with a bachelors or higher
Gentrifying Overall$0
$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
$30,000
Income
Change in median family income
Gentrification
Condos & Metro
Condos & Metro
Net departures
Net arrivalsRace & ethnicity
Conclusions• Where is there gentrification?
• Most evident in Silver Lake, Los Feliz and Downtown
• Also apparent in Koreatown, Hollywood Mid-Wilshire and parts of Santa Monica, Inglewood and Burbank
• capital investment in condominiums, lofts and Metro rail lines does not appear to affect gentrification
• Modeling
• Metadata
• Buffering
• Original data
• Geocoding
•Clipping
• Inset map
• Aggregating attribute fields
• Creating indices
• Charts and images
Skills used