Call for papers for TR-D special issue: Transportation and Gentrification

Gentrification means a class-upward process in which people and businesses that can afford high land costs move in a neighbourhood and may displace pre-existing low-income families and locally owned small businesses. It can result in environmental or social justice issues that lead to undesirable effects on disadvantaged groups and hence has been increasingly noticed and valued by academia, communities, and local administrations. The literature has suggested multiple driving forces behind gentrification and some of them are associated with transportation; meanwhile, gentrification has been doubted as one of the driving forces behind transportation development. Although there is growing evidence of the interactions between transportation and gentrification, some pressing questions remain.

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Special issue information:

Gentrification means a class-upward process in which people and businesses that can afford high land costs move in a neighbourhood and may displace pre-existing low-income families and locally owned small businesses. It can result in environmental or social justice issues that lead to undesirable effects on disadvantaged groups and hence has been increasingly noticed and valued by academia, communities, and local administrations. The literature has suggested multiple driving forces behind gentrification and some of them are associated with transportation; meanwhile, gentrification has been doubted as one of the driving forces behind transportation development. Although there is growing evidence of the interactions between transportation and gentrification, some pressing questions remain. How do the interactions differ in different contexts? What drives the interactions? What are their theoretical and policy implications? What intervening factors mediate the interactions on distinct community types and populations?

This special issue calls for original research and review articles on the interactions between transportation and gentrification, policy responses to these interactions, and their implications for urban and regional development planning and governance. Topics of particular interest include, but not limited to, the following:

  • Transportation impacts on gentrification;
  • Gentrification impacts on transportation;
  • (Long-term) interactions between transportation and gentrification and spatiotemporal dynamics of the interactions;
  • Theoretical and policy implications of the impacts and interactions;
  • Transit-induced gentrification;
  • Transit-oriented development and gentrification;
  • Role of transportation in environmental, ecological, or green gentrification;
  • Comparative studies in different contexts.

Deadline for full paper submission deadline: 30 September 2024

All submissions must be original and may not be under review elsewhere. All manuscripts will be submitted via the Transportation Research Part D online submission system. Authors should indicate that the paper is submitted for consideration for publication in this special issue. When choosing Manuscript “Article Type” during the submission procedure, click “VSI: Gentrification”, otherwise your submission will be handled as a regular manuscript. Author Guidelines: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/transportation-research-part-d-transport-and-environment/1361-9209/guide-for-authors.