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Few scholars have studied gentrification in older industrial cities across different national contexts. A review of the literature suggests that gentrification in older industrial cities will look different in systematic ways from gentrification in global, magnet cities that most research has focused on. The literature also suggests that the political and institutional differences in cities located in different national contexts can shape gentrification processes. Our research shows that Dortmund and St. Louis are both undergoing deep processes of economic restructuring with new knowledge workers moving in to neighborhoods adjacent to expanding tech clusters. The speed and magnitude of gentrification, however, is significantly less than reported in strong market cities. Unlike in hot market, global cities, many areas within Dortmund and St. Louis are experiencing little or no gentrification, and the neighborhoods that are experiencing gentrification-like processes vary significantly along important dimensions. Despite important differences in political institutions, the basic pattern of gentrification in St. Louis and Dortmund is similar. In these two older industrial cities, at least, gentrification is a complex and variegated phenomenon that requires more research to be fully understood.

PHOENIX CITIES; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; List of acronyms; Acknowledgements; Copyright material; 1. Introduction: what are 'weak market cities'?; 2. Industrial giants: emerging on the back of history; 3. A change of direction: political turmoil and a ferment of new ideas; 4. Neighbourhood interventions: can small scale make a difference in big cities?; 5. Leipzig; 6. Bremen; 7. Sheffield; 8. Belfast; 9. Bilbao; 10. Torino; 11. Saint-Étienne; 12. Measuring the recovery of weak market cities; 13. How do US weak market cities compare with Europe?

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Mit Transnationalität werden Verflechtungen adressiert, die sich im Zuge von Migrationsprozessen zwischen Orten herausbilden. In Abgrenzung zu Multilokalität sind diese Prozesse inhärent ländergrenzenübergreifend, also transnational. Anders als z.B. beim multilokalen Wohnen liegt der analytische Schwerpunkt nicht auf den konkreten (Wohn-)Arrangements zwischen zwei Orten, sondern stärker auf den wechselseitigen Beziehungen zwischen Ankunfts- und Herkunftskontext und der Konstitution transnationaler sozialer Räume.