Introduction: The goal of assignment 1:3 is to acknowledge the significance and role of definitions in technical writing, understand how the audience and purpose indicate the need for definition, be able to distinguish between levels of details in definition. As well as, choose the appropriate level of detail for the situation. To accomplish this, a complex term with appropriate definitions is chosen (parenthetical, sentence and expanded).
Term: Gentrification
Situation/Audience: A wealthy couple is looking for a new place to live. They prefer to live in a less affluent neighbourhood because the houses are less expensive. However, as more wealthy residents move into the area, the neighbourhood gentrifies. It means that the costs will rise and the community’s culture will change.
Parenthetical Definition: Gentrification (upscaling of poor neighborhoods) occurs when wealthy individuals move into areas of low socioeconomic development, often originally occupied by communities of colour (National Geographic Society, 2022).
Sentence definition: Gentrification occurs when wealthy people move into regions of low-socioeconomic development.
Expanded Definitions:
- History
The term gentrification was coined in the 1960s by British sociologist Ruth Glass (1964) to describe the displacement of the working-class residents of London neighbourhoods by middle-class newcomers (Richardson, Mitchell, Franco, 2019).
2. How do Neighbourhoods become Gentrified?
Gentrification is the transformation of a city neighbourhood from low value to high value (Picardo, 2022).
3. Results of Gentrification
Gentrification necessitates rapid job growth, tight housing market dynamics, a preference for city amenities, increased traffic congestion, and targeted public-sector policies (Picardo, 2022).
4. Visuals
Figure 1. Drivers of Gentrification Processes
Source: Researchgate
Works Cited
National Geographic Society. “Gentrification“. National Geographic. 2022. Accessed February
7, 2023, from https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/gentrification/
Picardo, Elvis. “Gentrification: Definition, causes, Pros & Cons“. Investopedia. 2022. Accessed
February 8, 2023, from https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gentrification.asp
Researchgate. “A conceptual model of gentrification”. n.d. Accessed February 8, 2023, from
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-conceptual-model-of-gentrification_fig1_328102035
Richardson, Jason., Mitchell, Bruce., & Franco, Juan. “Shifting neighborhoods: Gentrification and cultural displacement in
American cities“. NCRC. 2022. Accessed February 8, 2023, from https://ncrc.org/gentrification/
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