Sharygin, Shah and Co-Authors Conceptualize Hazard Gentrification in New Report
Posted: 6/5/2025 ()
In response to hazards and disasters in some locations, inhabitants are replaced by wealthier residents in a distinct form of gentrification. In a recent report published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, a team of scholars including CSDE External Affiliate Ethan Sharygin (Portland State University) and Affiliate Sameer Shah (Environmental and Forest Sciences) define this phenomenon as “hazard gentrification” and discuss the implications and trade-offs for municipalities, environmental sustainability, and housing equity. This project was partially supported by the CSDE Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development research infrastructure grant (P2C HD042828) and originated through the 2024 D4 Hack Week: Disasters, Demography, Disparities, and Decisions workshop supported by CSDE, the National Science Foundation AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography (AI2ES), and the UW eScience Institute. Read the report here.