gentrification

Mane (Îngilîzî)

The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/d͡ʒɛn.tɹɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From gentry + -ification, after gentrify. Coined by German-born British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964.

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