Contested markets, contested cities : gentrification and urban justice in retail spaces / edited by Sara González.
During the past decade many markets have been rediscovered as tourist attractions, food meccas and even regeneration flagships. These transformations are pushing markets to a gentrification frontier clashing with markets' traditional role as public meeting places that support, economically and...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Contested markets
- The struggle for la merced "market district" in Mexico City
- Markets and retail gentrification in Madrid
- Gentrification and displacement in the redevelopment of Kirkgate market in Leeds, UK
- Gourmet markets in Madrid and Mexico City : the global assemblage of a model for markets
- Learning form la Vega Market in Santiago de Chile : between social inclusion and gentrification
- Street markets in México City ("tianguis") and the struggle for public space
- Contested notions of space in the Abelardo Rodríguez market in Mexico City
- Resisting commercial gentrification : trader and citizen campaigns in the UK to defend traditional retail markets
- Everyday life resistance and decline in subsistence markets in Yucatán (Mexico)
- Networks of alternative economies in Buenos Aires : markets as spaces of contestation
- Conclusion.