Capital change.

In the past, researchers have looked at census results to track gentrification, but that data is coarse and updated only in census years. Expensive cars, new kids' parks and public art installations are also good indicators, "but the home", says Sawada, "is the atomic unit of gentrification". The data, which pinpoints where and how fast gentrification is happening, reveals neighbourhood evolution but also challenges. [Extracted from the article]

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