Journal article
A sandwich effect: Gentrification and Black residential displacement in the university-adjacent West Philadelphia Promise Zone
Journal of race, ethnicity and the city, v 5(2), pp 133-163
05 Jan 2024
Abstract
This study examines the landscape of gentrification and Black residential displacement within the West Philadelphia Promise Zone (WPPZ). Our intergenerational community-driven participatory action research team conducted a comparative longitudinal spatial analysis between Census data from 2008 to 2012 and 2013 to 2017 investigating variables of both gentrification and displacement including changes in population, racial demographics, per capita income, and housing costs and value. Our findings demonstrate that targeted block groups within the WPPZ are exhibiting indicators of displacement; however, they are not progressing at the same rate. We found that Black residents are impacted by the neighborhood changes at the highest rates and are being displaced from the north and the south, being squeezed to the middle resulting in a racialized pattern of gentrification that we deem a sandwich effect. Recommendations to respond to the displacement of Black residents in the WPPZ and other university-adjacent urban communities are presented.
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- Title
- A sandwich effect: Gentrification and Black residential displacement in the university-adjacent West Philadelphia Promise Zone
- Creators
- Ayana Allen-Handy - Drexel UniversityAlysha Meloche - Villanova UniversityRasheda Likely - Kennesaw State UniversityKimberly Sterin - Drexel UniversityShawnna Thomas-EL - California University of PennsylvaniaCarol Richardson McCullough - Drexel UniversityKeyssh Datts - Drexel UniversityRachel Wenrick - Drexel UniversityDiana Nicholas - Drexel University, Urban Health CollaborativeKirsten Kaschock - Drexel UniversityDe’Wayne Drummond - Mantua Civic AssociationUk Jung - Drexel UniversityGeorge Jenkins - YouthBuildDevin Welsh - ArtistYear
- Publication Details
- Journal of race, ethnicity and the city, v 5(2), pp 133-163
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Number of pages
- 31
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts and Sciences; English and Philosophy; School of Education; Architecture, Design, and Urbanism; Architecture
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85181526277
- Other Identifier
- 991021879627804721