Browsing by Subject "Gentrification"
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A Restorative Model: Jeremiah's Prophetic Response to Displacement in Washington, D.C.
(2022)ABSTRACTThis thesis is offers exilic texts as the basis for restoration for communities traumatized by displacement. The scriptural focus for the thesis is Jeremiah 30-33, the Book of Restoration. The purpose of the thesis ... -
Beyond a Place to Live in DC: Preserving the Remainder of "Chocolate City"
(2021-05-01)Once known as “Chocolate City” for its prosperous Black residents, businesses, and communities, Washington, D.C. today is in many ways a contrasting image. The City continues to lose its Black residents and remaining majority ... -
“Building Community Across Walls: A History of an Integrated Church Amid a Gentrifying Neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina”
(2019)“Building Community Across Walls: A History of an Integrated Church Amid a Gentrifying Neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina” is a study focused upon the integrated history of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, the congregation ... -
Can the Quilombo Model of Collective Land Titling Work in Rio’s Favelas?
(2016-06-21)Due to their informality, the favelas of Rio de Janeiro are in a precarious position. Though the informal neighborhoods have long served as sites of affordable housing for Rio’s poorest residents, changes within in the city ... -
Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change and Changes in Coastal Housing Accessibility on the Maine Lobstering Community: A Quantitative Analysis
(2023-04-28)The lobstering industry in Maine is both culturally and economically important to the State of Maine. It is also experiencing dramatic changes both from climate change as well as socio-economic shifts along the coast. This ... -
Gentrification in the Wake of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
(2012-04-27)From the late 1990s until the mid-2000s, real residential property prices increased by more than 80 percent in the U.S. housing market. After U.S. home prices peaked in 2006, the demand for home purchases and construction ... -
Where You Live and Where You Move: A Cross-City Comparison of the Effects of Gentrification and How these Effects Are Tied to Racial History
(2019-12-06)In this thesis, I compare the effects of gentrification on two amenities, school quality and air quality, in ten cities across the United States. I look into how gentrification and being a renter can have a role in how ... -
Where You Live and Where You Move: A Cross-City Comparison of the Effects of Gentrification and How these Effects Are Tied to Racial History
(2020-04-20)This thesis compares the effects of gentrification on school and air quality in ten cities to see whether cities with larger amounts of white flight post-World War II exhibited worse gentrification effects on renters. ...
