«Come a-way with me!» The gentrification process of Paolo Sarpi Street in the Milan Chinatown (1980-2015)

Journal title ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI
Author/s Lidia Katia C. Manzo
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2016/117
Language Italian Pages 24 P. 27-50 File size 601 KB
DOI 10.3280/ASUR2016-117002
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A critical discussion of Milan Chinatown’s gentrification eight years after the Chinese riot in Paolo Sarpi Street means engaging with a longitudinal analysis of its physical, economic, and social change. The final remarks on the failure of the local governance and the speculative market interests examine the "perverse" impact of the aestheticization of diversity in valorization processes of predominantly Chinese multiethnic neighborhoods.

Keywords: Gentrification; valorization; diversity; Chinatown; Milan

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Lidia Katia C. Manzo, «Via via, vieni via di qui!» il processo di gentrificazione di via Paolo Sarpi, la Chinatown di Milano (1980-2015) in "ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI" 117/2016, pp 27-50, DOI: 10.3280/ASUR2016-117002