Doctoral Dissertation Research: Gentrification and the Displacement of Work and Home

博士论文研究：绅士化以及工作和家庭的取代

• 批准号: 0220486
• 负责人: Susan Hanson
• 金额: $ 1.01万
• 依托单位: Clark University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-15 至 2004-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0220486&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Gentrification; Displacement

Gentrification is a process experienced by cities around the world. It exemplifies the shift from an industrial economy to a service economy. Yet, the fact that manufacturing is still an important part of urban economies should not be ignored. Manufacturing is being threatened by the process of gentrification. The loss of manufacturing affects the employment and housing opportunities of inner city residents. The debate around gentrification has concentrated on its causes, while its effects on the existing communities has been largely unexplored. What work has been done has largely concentrated on the effects of gentrification on housing. The effect on work and the linkages between home and work for working class residents has gone unexplored. This doctoral dissertation research project explores the effect of gentrification on small manufacturers and blue collar-workers in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The project asks the following questions: 1) To what extent has gentrification caused manufacturing displacement? 2) How has the job market changed as a result of gentrification? and 3) How has gentrification affected the residential and employment opportunities of working-class people in Williamsburg? In-depth interviews with key informants, business owners and workers will provide data on the changing structure of opportunity for working-class residents and the changing geography of their work, home, and social networks. The findings will demonstrate where manufacturing jobs move within the metropolitan region and explore the ability of working-class residents to maintain their socioeconomic levels in an area undergoing industrial displacement. It is expected that the study will demonstrate that manufacturers are being displaced because of gentrification and that those who lose these jobs are unlikely to find jobs at equal skill and pay levels.The proposed research looks at how a global process like gentrification affects a local neighborhood and the population that lives there. It analyzes the nature of urban change, the directions in which that change may lead, and the implication of this change not only for local neighborhoods, but for cities in general. In the process of gentrification, de-industrialization may be encouraged, so much so that the city loses its productive base. There may be a greater homogeneity not only of the economic base, but of the populations within urban neighborhoods as well, jeopardizing the economically and culturally diverse populations that are such a vital element to central cities. This research opens up the field of gentrification to examine the links between home and work in gentrifying areas and to analyze the effects of gentrification on labor and labor markets. This research has potential implications for urban policies on zoning, industrial retention, job creation, and affordable housing. It may also impact the literature of spatial mismatch and skills mismatch and the racialized and gendered patterns of work and residence. As a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award, this award also will provide support to enable a promising student to establish a strong independent research career.

绅士化是世界各地城市经历的过程。 它体现了从工业经济到服务经济的转变。 然而，制造业仍然是城市经济体的重要组成部分，不应忽视这一事实。 制造业正受到绅士化过程的威胁。制造业的损失会影响内城居民的就业和住房机会。 围绕高档化的辩论集中在其原因上，而其对现有社区的影响在很大程度上没有探索。 做了什么工作主要集中在绅士化对住房的影响。 对工人阶级居民的家庭与工作之间的联系的影响尚未探索。 该博士学位论文研究项目探讨了绅士化对布鲁克林威廉斯堡附近小型制造商和蓝领工人的影响。 该项目提出以下问题：1）高档化在多大程度上引起了制造位移？ 2）由于高档化而导致就业市场发生了变化？ 3）高档化如何影响威廉斯堡工人阶级人民的住宅和就业机会？ 与关键线人，企业主和工人的深入访谈将提供有关工人阶级居民机会变化结构以及其工作，家庭和社交网络的不断变化的数据。 这些发现将证明制造业工作在大都市地区的移动位置，并探讨工人阶级居民在经营工业流离失所的地区维持其社会经济水平的能力。 预计该研究将证明，由于绅士化，制造商正在流离失所，而失去这些工作的人不太可能找到同等技能和薪酬水平的工作。拟议的研究着眼于像高档化这样的全球过程如何影响当地社区和居住在那里的人群。 它分析了城市变化的性质，这种变化可能导致的方向以及这种变化的含义不仅对当地社区，而且对整个城市而言。 在高档化的过程中，可以鼓励去工业化，以至于该市失去了生产力。 不仅存在经济基础，而且城市社区内的人口也可能存在更大的同质性，这危害了对中央城市至关重要的经济和文化多样性人群的危害。这项研究开辟了高档化领域，以检查家庭与绅士化领域的工作之间的联系，并分析绅士化对劳动和劳动力市场的影响。 这项研究对城市政策对分区，工业保留，创造就业和负担得起的住房具有潜在的影响。 这也可能影响空间不匹配和技能不匹配的文献以及工作和居住的种族和性别模式。 作为博士学位论文研究改进奖，该奖项还将提供支持，使有前途的学生能够建立强大的独立研究职业。