Quantifying displacement: Using turnover data to measure physical and psychological neighborhood change

Population displacement is difficult to measure, but quantifying its presence critical delineating the scope, scale and potential causes of displacement’s effect in urban areas. This paper considers whether widely available data used measure turnover can be effectively other forms population change. The article presents two new metrics, Fresh Faces Ratio Replacement Index, that better capture some nuances physical psycholog-ical displacement. It then applies these metrics city quarters within Zurich, Switzerland, correlates them with construction statistics, assesses their accuracy against residents’ perceptions research finds both offer suitable proxies identify areas where exceptional changes are taking place, residents have a strong sense changes. help assess what or psychological may not result from development housing construction. Since use already available, they easily adaptable less data-rich contexts than Zurich.