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Short term rentals, hotels and displacement
The growth of hotels and short term rentals involves a progressive conversion of housing into accommodation for visitors. It excludes local residents from the possibility of accessing housing while also […]
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Tourism and Gentrification
At present my research focuses on the relationship between tourism and gentrification, stressing how tourism can be interpreted as a gentrifying process that displaces both local businesses and local people. […]
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Culture and urban regeneration
Aesthetic issues, quality of life, and the creation of liveable and pleasant places drive much of the new processes of production of urban space. This attention to urban lifestyles has […]
Urban tourism and population change: Gentrification in the age of mobilities
We have just published this paper with Antonio López-Gay and Paolo Russo in Population, Space and Place. We use demographic data to show how in the most touristic neighbourhoods of Barcelona […]
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New publication in Urban Studies
The article ‘Transnational gentrification, tourism and the formation of ‘foreign only’ enclaves in Barcelona’ contributes to the study of tourism as an agent of urban change. We argue that beyond the […]
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SMARTDEST project
The SMARTDEST project started in January 2020 and tackles the challenge of social sustainability in European cities by developing innovative planning solutions in the face of the externalities caused by tourism […]
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Airbnb, buy-to-let investment and displacement, in Environment and Planning A
Our paper Airbnb, buy-to-let investment and tourism-driven displacement is online in Environment and Planning A. The paper explores whether short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb channel investment in residential real […]
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SMARTOUR Project
I am the PI of the Smartour project. We explore how tourism and Airbnb transform real estate investment dynamics and neighbourhood life in Lisbon and Porto. Find the link to […]
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Short term rentals, hotels and displacement
The growth of hotels and short term rentals involves a progressive conversion of housing into accommodation for visitors. It excludes local residents from the possibility of accessing housing while also […]