ABSTRACT
Studies of urban transformation from the perspective of gentrification emerged in urban studies in the mid-1960s. Yet, interpretations of gentrification associated with the dynamics of urbanisation under capitalism and the various applications of the concept to different geographic realities show that the term is still very much alive. Initially, gentrification was the process of transformation of a working-class neighbourhood whereby the former residents were displaced by new middle-class residents. The evolution of gentrification shows the complexity of the urban phenomenon worldwide, which has been affected by various forms of gentrification. The mutation of gentrification was signalled by new forms of the term, including 'rural gentrification', 'new-build gentrification' and 'super-gentrification'. 'Rural gentrification' refers to the middle-class settlement of rural areas and, so, gentrification was no longer an exclusively urban phenomenon. 'Green gentrification' refers to gentrification facilitated by the creation or restoration of an environmental amenity.
