Losing One’s Place During Policy Suspension: Narratives of Indirect Displacement in Shanghai’s New-Build Gentrification

• Published in: Buildings (Basel) Vol. 15; no. 15; p. 2766
• Main Authors: He, Pan, Zheng, Jianwen, Chen, Weizhen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2025
• Subjects: Alienation; Attachment; constructivist grounded theory; Dormitories; Economic impact; Factories; Gentrification; indirect displacement; Low income groups; Middle class; new-build gentrification; place-based trauma; policy suspension; Redevelopment; Shanghai; Social networks; Social organization; Swimming pools; Tennis; Workers; United States; China

While existing studies document physical and economic impacts of new-build gentrification, the temporally protracted trauma of indirect displacement in communities adjacent to redeveloped areas remains understudied. Employing constructivist grounded theory, this study asks the following question: ho...