Gentrification and urban renewal. Conceptual approaches and expressions in Latin America

Abstract

Framed in the final work to obtain the degree of Master of Territorial Studies and Population (UAB), the objective of this article is to show a theoretical reflection on the relationship between gentrification and urban renewal with a focus on Latin America. With the restructuring of production globally and context, the guidelines indicate primary between gentrification and urban renewal; then addresses major theoretical approaches to residential gentrification is followed by a brief summary of an emerging concept: gentrification productive; in section following is a review of six cases of urban renewal and gentrification in Latin America after generating a theoretical discussion about the topic; to end with the main conclusions of the reflection exhibiting four essential dimensions of the concept.