Renewal & DisplacementHow a redevelopment scheme moves people, and the forms displacement takes.SociologyDisplacement is often indirect, and rarely counted.1DesignationAn area is declared in need of renewal, and investment pauses.2DecantResidents move out for works, usually with a promise of return.3Rebuild at new termsMix, rent levels and unit sizes change with the new scheme.4Partial returnEligibility, timing and rent mean many do not come back.5Exclusionary displacementThose who would have moved in can no longer afford to.Educational reference. Marcuse distinguishes direct, chain andexclusionary displacement; only the first is usually recorded.Renewal & Displacementlearnposters.com
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Renewal & Displacement, step by step

Displacement is often indirect, and rarely counted.

  1. DesignationAn area is declared in need of renewal, and investment pauses.
  2. DecantResidents move out for works, usually with a promise of return.
  3. Rebuild at new termsMix, rent levels and unit sizes change with the new scheme.
  4. Partial returnEligibility, timing and rent mean many do not come back.
  5. Exclusionary displacementThose who would have moved in can no longer afford to.

Educational reference. Marcuse distinguishes direct, chain and exclusionary displacement; only the first is usually recorded.

Questions about the Renewal & Displacement poster

What’s on the Renewal & Displacement poster?
5 numbered steps. Displacement is often indirect, and rarely counted. Designation — An area is declared in need of renewal, and investment pauses.; Decant — Residents move out for works, usually with a promise of return.; Rebuild at new terms — Mix, rent levels and unit sizes change with the new scheme.; Partial return — Eligibility, timing and rent mean many do not come back.; Exclusionary displacement — Those who would have moved in can no longer afford to.. Educational reference. Marcuse distinguishes direct, chain and exclusionary displacement; only the first is usually recorded.
Who is the Renewal & Displacement poster for?
Renewal & Displacement belongs to the Sociology section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning urban sociology can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Renewal & Displacement poster?
When a scheme reports the units rebuilt but not who returned to them. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Renewal & Displacement belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Renewal & Displacement?
Gentrification, The Chicago School and The Growth Machine sit alongside Renewal & Displacement in the Sociology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.GentrificationThe Chicago SchoolThe Growth Machine
Is the Renewal & Displacement poster free to download and print?
Yes. Renewal & Displacement downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Sociology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Renewal & Displacement poster print at?
Renewal & Displacement is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Renewal & Displacement loses nothing.Printing guide

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