Based on research in a west London neighbourhood, this paper aims to expose the inadequacies of current arguments about the role of residence on class relations in a gentrifying neighbourhood. The nature of city-wide social relations suggests that ties to neighbourhood also tend to be related to stage-in-the-lifecycle and workplace alongside class considerations. The paper reveals: an analysis of gentrification must include workplace as well as home and be situated at a city-wide scale rather than being confined to residential neighbourhoods; residence must be treated as a temporal as well as a spatial concept; and the "residence tradition" of social geography is inadequate for a full understanding of social change in cities. Social network analysis is a method which helps overcome some of the weaknesses of the residence tradition.
- ISBN10 1873575386
- ISBN13 9781873575383
- Publish Date March 1993
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Policy Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 28
- Language English