ABSTRACT
This chapter explores displacement and its implication for low-income households through a case study of Brisbane, which has been the fastest growing city in Australia since the 1990s. It draws attention to direct as well as indirect types of displacement while investigating the case of Brisbane. The chapter outlines the context of the case study and discusses the implications for displacement and highlights personal stories of displacement victims. Two different processes led to the wider transformation of the city and of its inner city in particular. These two processes are interconnected and often referred to as the 'inner city revitalization'; importantly, the story of displacement characteristic of Brisbane unfolds with them. The chapter explains the main characteristics of displacement in Australian cities by investigating displacement in the city of Brisbane -which has never been studied, despite it being the fastest growing city in Australia - and the consequences of urban consolidation for local residents.
