Defining and Measuring Gentrification

Location: Harvard Kennedy School | Belfer Building, Starr Auditorium

Gentrification is a common and controversial topic in urban planning, but do we have a consensus on what the term actually means? Do we have accepted standards by which we can track it? Join us for a discussion with Ingrid Gould Ellen, Visiting Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at NYU Wagner, and Faculty Director of the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy; and Daniel T. O’Brien, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University and Co-Director, Boston Area Research Initiative.

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