questioning the changing familiarity of RHG and where he and his family fit within its regeneration and community upheaval.
The safety and familiarity of the estate that was discussed with interviewees is already experiencing change due to the regeneration. Andy describes how his relationship with a neighbour, with whom he previously had a good relationship, has suffered due to differences of opinion on the regeneration:
‘And we had one particular individual – and if you met him he would give you enough information on three days worth as to why he doesn’t want and why he hates it [the regeneration]! He doesn’t even talk to me anymore because I’m for it… and this was where me and [name omitted] started to go our own ways’
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Peter Marcuse’s writing on displacement suggests several types of displacement that take place in relation to urban renewal or gentrification: including direct displacement, exclusionary displacement and displacement pressure (1985). These definitions take an economic focus and an assumption that residents experiencing displacement also experience a physical move away from their residence. None of Marcuse’s definitions fully fit the experience described by residents at RHG, therefore perhaps there is another type of displacement that accounts for the experience of change in attachment and belonging? Whilst most of the residents at RHG have not been displaced a great distance – most have moved or will move into a newly built property on an adjacent block to the original estate whilst is it demolished and rebuilt – it could still be argued that they are and will be experiencing an ‘emotional
The safety and familiarity of the estate that was discussed with interviewees is already experiencing change due to the regeneration. Andy describes how his relationship with a neighbour, with whom he previously had a good relationship, has suffered due to differences of opinion on the regeneration:
‘And we had one particular individual – and if you met him he would give you enough information on three days worth as to why he doesn’t want and why he hates it [the regeneration]! He doesn’t even talk to me anymore because I’m for it… and this was where me and [name omitted] started to go our own ways’
The regeneration …show more content…
Peter Marcuse’s writing on displacement suggests several types of displacement that take place in relation to urban renewal or gentrification: including direct displacement, exclusionary displacement and displacement pressure (1985). These definitions take an economic focus and an assumption that residents experiencing displacement also experience a physical move away from their residence. None of Marcuse’s definitions fully fit the experience described by residents at RHG, therefore perhaps there is another type of displacement that accounts for the experience of change in attachment and belonging? Whilst most of the residents at RHG have not been displaced a great distance – most have moved or will move into a newly built property on an adjacent block to the original estate whilst is it demolished and rebuilt – it could still be argued that they are and will be experiencing an ‘emotional