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Gentrification vs Urbanism - What's the difference?

gentrification | urbanism |

As nouns the difference between gentrification and urbanism

is that gentrification is the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents while urbanism is the study of cities, their geographic, economic, political, social and cultural environment.

gentrification

English

(wikipedia gentrification)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents.

    • Related terms

    * degentrification

    See also

    * gentrify * gentry

    urbanism

    English

    (wikipedia urbanism)

    Noun

  • the study of cities, their geographic, economic, political, social and cultural environment
  • the culture or way of life of people who live in cities
  • urbanization

    • Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ism