In the Face of Gentrification: Case Study of Tehran (Behjatabad Neighborhood

Abstract: during the past several decades, neighborhoods have experienced gentrificationphenomenon in a number of cities. gentrification, the process of neighborhood change that results in thereplacement of lower income residents with higher income ones, has altered the character of hundredsof urban neighborhoods in many north american and european cities. in this paper we state how doesgentrification take place? then we look at the causes and consequences of gentrification by reviewingthe theories used to explain it and assessing their applicability to behjatabad neighborhood. the methodof research in this paper is based on documental research, observation and deep interview with new andold inhabitants in behjatabad neighborhood. the results of this research show that gentrification causedisplacement of original residents and change in the social and economic character of neighborhood.