What does Gentrification mean?
The process whereby the character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in.
The gentrification of the neighborhood led to rising rents and the displacement of long-term residents.
Gentrification in German, French, Spanish and Italian
GermanGentrifizierung
Aufwertung eines Stadtteils durch Zuzug wohlhabenderer Schichten.
FrenchGentrification
also Embbourgeoisement
Processus de transformation d'un quartier populaire en quartier bourgeois.
SpanishGentrificación
Proceso de rehabilitación de un barrio que desplaza a sus vecinos habituales.
ItalianGentrificazione
Trasformazione di un quartiere popolare in zona residenziale di lusso.
Synonyms and opposites for Gentrification
- Synonym Urban renewal