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    THE ENDURANCE OF GENTRIFICATION: THREE ESSAYS ON MEANING, MEASUREMENT, AND CONSEQUENCES
    (2022) Finio, Nicholas James; Knaap, Gerrit J; Urban and Regional Planning and Design; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    Gentrification is the process through which an influx of new investment and new residents with higher incomes and educational attainment flow into a neighborhood over time. This dissertation expands scholarly understanding of gentrification’s meaning, measurement, and consequences through three essays. The first essay reviews, inventories, and critiques the numerous methods scholars have used to identify gentrification. The second essay critiques the normative foundations of the smart growth movement and improves empirical understanding of how that urban policy agenda and gentrification are linked. The final essay identifies gentrification in Maryland’s Purple Line Corridor and with quantitative methods illustrates how gentrification impacts the local business economy. The findings of this dissertation show that gentrification is often not properly identified, smart growth and gentrification can be linked, and that businesses in gentrifying neighborhoods are more likely to close.
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    Understanding Millennials and Historic Preservation
    (2019-05-15) Schindler, Kelly; Pogue, Dennis
    A 2017 study of millennials conducted by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation shows that 97% of millennials “feel it’s important to preserve and conserve buildings, architecture, neighborhoods, and communities.” As the preservation movement seeks to replace an aging and financially dwindling supporter base, leaders in the field must consider ways to expand and change what defines a “preservationist” and how to capitalize on millennials’ high value for preservation while responding to the unique conditions that shape this generation. This project provides strategies for preservation professionals to engage millennials and make the preservation movement more inclusive and financially sustainable in the future.