Proměny městské části Zábrdovice v Brně – možnosti integrace v procesu gentrifikace
The Changes in the Brno’s Zábrdovice District – The Possibilities of Integration in the Process of Gentrification

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to explain the process of the current gentrificationin this socially excluded urban area in Brno, Czech Republic. Thearticle summarizes the findings of long-term research conducted in the years2008–2015. The text briefly describes the history of this city locality in the19 th and 20 th centuries, and the circumstances of its current gentrification.Furthermore, the article analyses the past gentrification processes and theirtrigger factors. The so-called “actor-centered approach” was chosen as a suitablemethod of analyzing the current gentrification process. According to thisapproach, four interest groups active in the development of the area wereidentified: (1) the original populace of the location, (2) the “gentrifies” – newcomerresidents, (3) NGOs active in the area, and finally (4) the authoritiesof the city of Brno. The social process of gentrification has been analyzedthrough the goals and strategies of each of the four interest groups, and theirrespective impacts on the processes of the integration or the exclusion of localsocially disadvantaged inhabitants.

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