Jan Glatter, Dresden und Karin Wiest, Leipzig

Zwischen universellen Mustern und individuellen Pfaden – Aspekte der vergleichenden Gentrification-Forschung am Beispiel der Dresdner Äußeren Neustadt

Universal patterns and individual pathways – Aspects of comparative gentrification research as exemplified by the Äußere Neustadt in Dresden

In recent years the term ‘gentrification’ has been characterised by a marked differentiation and extension of its content. In the case of social and physical upgrading in East-German inner-city neighbourhoods there is also a degree of uncertainty as to how to evaluate these processes. Against this backdrop, it is the aim of the article to demonstrate the significance of a comparative approach and to present urban development poised between local peculiarities and general tendencies. For this purpose, the concepts and methods of comparative research are highlighted. Subsequently the discussion of comparative research is exemplified by an inner-city neighbourhood in Dresden. Different approaches include, for example, general global patterns of gentrification, variable-based comparisons between different case study areas, the comparison of different housing market structures as well as the transfer of cultural patterns of interpretation. Depending on the chosen point of view, the upgrading process in the Äußere Neustadt in Dresden can be understood as part of a general trend in urban development, a moderate form of gentrification in a tenants’ market, a distinctive and typical East-German form of ‘pioneer gentrification’, or as a unique local pathway.

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