The knowledge economy city: Gentrification, studentification and youthification, and their connections to universities

Markus Moos, Nick Revington, Tristan Wilkin and Jean Andrey
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Markus Moos: University of Waterloo, Canada
Nick Revington: University of Waterloo, Canada
Tristan Wilkin: University of Waterloo, Canada
Jean Andrey: University of Waterloo, Canada

Urban Studies, 2019, vol. 56, issue 6, 1075-1092

Abstract: We investigate the spatial relationships among three prominent facets of contemporary urbanism – gentrification, studentification, and youthification – in the context of Canadian post-secondary educational institutions (universities and colleges). We conduct the analysis in three major Canadian cities with substantial knowledge economy sectors using confidential Statistics Canada census files, which include information on individuals and their geographies, and the location of universities and colleges, by enrolment size. We document ‘spillover’ effects of expansions in student enrolment and the building of campuses by analysing the geographic correlations among universities and gentrification and youthification. Studentification and youthification are to some extent coincident but not entirely, whereas the connection to gentrification is more complex. Our work provides novel insight into the ways the three different facets of contemporary urbanism overlap and contribute to our understanding of how universities and colleges, as hallmarks of the knowledge economy, influence the social geography of cities.

Keywords: gentrification; knowledge economy; studentification; universities; youthification; 绅士化; çŸ¥è¯†ç» æµŽ; 学生化; 大学; é ’å¹´åŒ– (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098017745235

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