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City Children and Genderfied Neighbourhoods: The New Generation as Urban Regeneration Strategy
Author(s) -
Berg Marguerite
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of urban and regional research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1468-2427
pISSN - 0309-1317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01172.x
Subject(s) - gentrification , restructuring , urban regeneration , urban planning , urban space , population , urban policy , economic growth , sociology , political science , environmental planning , geography , economics , civil engineering , engineering , law , demography
Former industrial cities in the W est are employing gentrification as urban policy. In these policies, women and families currently play an important role as gentrification pioneers. In my analysis of R otterdam in the N etherlands, I propose the term genderfication to understand the gender dimensions of this process. Genderfication refers to the production of space for different gender relations. I analyse R otterdam's urban planning program for becoming a ‘child‐friendly city’, which entails replacing existing urban dwellings with new, larger and more expensive ‘family‐friendly homes’ as a strategy for urban re‐generation . Urban re‐generation supplements regeneration in the form of material and economic restructuring, and refers to the replacement of part of the current population by a new and better suited generation. The ‘child‐friendly city program’ is considered in tandem with punitive ‘youth policies’.