Challenges to Renovated Areas in Iran with Emphasis on the Gentrification Phenomenon

Application of urban renewal approach in designs and policies leads to the formation of gentrification phenomenon in some urban areas. This phenomenon occurs with numerous social and economic challenges and consequences, such as higher urban inequalities and injustice, pressures imposed by housing demand and displacement to adjacent slums, higher house prices, changes in local services, lower social capital, etc. The present paper was an applied study that was conducted based on descriptive and analytical methods, and data collection was done through documentary and bibliographic techniques. Moreover, qualitative content analysis and systematic review of data were employed to develop the conceptual model derived from textual data of previous studies (as secondary data). To extract the challenges to urban renewal, 89 papers were retrieved from ScienceDirect, Scopus, Magiran, Civilica, and SID databases, and 10 theses and dissertations were reviewed. The extant study aims to examine the renovated areas with an emphasis on the gentrification phenomenon in these areas to find challenges to renovated areas with the formation of the gentrification phenomenon. According to the results, among 20 extracted subcategories, "worn out fabric" had the highest frequency, and subcategories "place identity, revival, social cohesion, low-income classes, and population displacement" had the lowest frequencies. Therefore, social and cultural consequences and themes have received less attention, and some issues such as identity and sense of belonging to place have been examined less and limited.