Table 1:
Categories of conceptualization and associated mechanisms
| Author(s) and Year | Study Aim(s) | Mechanism and Level | Category of Conceptualization |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abel and White, 2011 | Examine Seattle’s sources of air toxic exposure and related uneven pollution risk and its relationship to inequitable development in gentrified areas. | Neighborhood attributes (infrastructure) | Socio-economic upgrading |
| Anguelovski, 2015 | Socio-spatial patterns and exclusion are produced through decreasing access to resources and supermarket greenling, which are generally unwanted by local residents. This study aims to understand how these places establish new forms of exclusion and privilege. | Sense of community/exclusion | Urban restructuring and political conflict |
| Barton, 2016 | Assess if changes in violent crime rates were associated with gentrification. | Neighborhood attributes (economic) | Socio-economic upgrading |
| Betancur, 2011 | Explore if the experience of gentrification of Latinos is one of invasion, succession, or forceful relocation. | Sense of community/exclusi on | Urban restructuring and political conflict |
| Breyer and Voss-Andrae, 2013 | Assess if food mirages (numerous food outlets but with high priced foods, preventing healthy food consumption among low-income residents) converge with gentrified areas. | Individual health protective resources | Socio-economic upgrading |
| Desmond and Gershenson, 2017 | Examine 3 mechanisms (1. discrimination; 2. life shock, and 3. concentrated disadvantage and gentrification, which is the focus of this matrix, and social isolation) that may be associated with disparities in eviction among low-income families. | Neighborhood attributes (economic) | Socio-economic upgrading/Displace ment |
| Ding and Hwang, 2016 | Examine the relationship between financial status changes and gentrification, in relation to mobility of residents and stage of gentrification. | Individual resources; Neighborhood attributes (economic) | Socio-economic upgrading/Displace ment/and Stages of gentrification |
| Ding et al., 2016 | Examine mobility patterns based on stage of gentrification, which neighborhoods residents move to, if it differs for the most vulnerable, and time at which gentrification commenced in the neighborhood. | Neighborhood attributes (economic) | Socio-economic upgrading/Displace ment/and Stages of gentrification |
| Gibbons and Barton, 2016 | Determine the relationship between gentrification and self-rated health. Assess if the relationship differs depending if gentrification results in an influx of white or black residents. | Neighborhood attributes (economic) Sense of community/exclusion | Socio-economic upgrading/Displace ment |
| Huynh and Marako, 2014 | Assess the association between gentrification and preterm birth (PTB). | Neighborhood attributes (economic); Individual health protective resources | Socio-economic upgrading |
| Kreager, 2011 | Examine the relationship between crime and gentrification in the city of Seattle in the 1980s and 1990s. | Neighborhood attributes (economic and social cohesion) | Stages of gentrification |
| Lim et al., 2017 | Compare rates of health care access and mental health status between those who remained in gentrifying neighborhoods and those who were displaced (individuals who moved from gentrifying to non-gentrifying areas). | Neighborhood attributes (economic); Individual health protective resources | Socio-economic upgrading |
| Linton et al., 2017 | Examine the association between local-level housing and economic conditions with homelessness among persons who inject drugs (PWID). | Neighborhood attributes (economic) | Socio-economic upgrading |
| Papachristos, 2011 | Examine the relationship between gentrification and neighborhood crime rates (homicides and street robbery) in Chicago from 1995 – 2005. | Neighborhood attributes (economic) Sense of community/exclusion | Socio-economic upgrading |
| Smith, 2014 | Examine the effects of three forms of gentrification—demographic shifts, private investment, and state intervention—on gang-motivated homicides in Chicago from 1994 to 2005. | Neighborhood attributes (economic) Sense of communit/exclusion | Socio-economic upgrading/Urban restructuring and political conflict/Stages of Gentrification |
| Smith et al., 2018 | Examine the relationship between gentrification and older adults’ self-rated health and mental health, with a particular focus on those that are economically vulnerable. | Individual resources; Neighborhood attributes (economic) | Socio-economic upgrading |
| Whittle et al., 2015 | Explore the experiences and structural drivers of urban policies shaping gentrification among food insecure people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in San Francisco. | Political and economic institutions | Socio-economic upgrading |