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Gentrification Is Not Inevitable: Pathways Toward More Just Cities

From Puerto Vallarta to Berlin, gentrification is routinely framed as inevitable. It is not. It is the outcome of political choices that can be confronted and changed. This article draws on my dual commitment as a researcher of urban-economic structures and as an engaged resident invested in the city as a space of encounter, conflict, and memory.

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