Los cambios del comercio étnico en los suburbios de Barcelona (2004-2011)

• Main Author: Jordi Nofre
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: CEG 2014-06-01
• Series: Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia
• Subjects: Ethnic Retail trade; ethnogentrification; urban renewal; Collblanc-La Torrassa County; L’Hospitalet de Llobregat; Barcelona
• Online Access: http://www.ceg.ul.pt/finisterra/numeros/2014-97/97_02.pdf

CHANGES IN THE ETHNIC RETAIL TRADE IN THE SUBURBS OF BARCELONA (2004-2011). A DEBATE ABOUT PROCESSES OF ETHNOGENTRIFICATION. This paper aims to explore an early process of ethnogentrification, previously reported by the local media, in a working-class suburban district of Barcelona. Following a brief description of the research carried out in 2004 (published in 2006) on the urban and social changes in this study area, this paper presents a comparative analysis between the continuities and changes on ‘retailscape’ in the period of 2004 to 2011, by updating its ethnic-retail cartography. Comparative results will allow to opening up a debate about some lexical abuses on the use of the term ‘ethno-gentrification’ in the specific context of Mediterranean cities.