Lorenzo Vicario Martínez

Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Social Work. Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU). Bilbao, Spain.

Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU). Its preferential lines of research encompass urban regeneration policies and processes, especially, new gentrification processes linked to the "revitalization" of obsolete and disadvantaged areas. Among his publications in the field of urban studies: "Another 'Guggenheim Effect'? Central City Projects and Gentrification in Bilbao "(2005), in Atkinson, R. and Bridge, G. (eds.), Gentrification in a Global Context: The New Urban Colonialism, London: Routledge; "Another 'Guggenheim Effect'? The Generation of a Potentially Gentrifiable Neighborhood in Bilbao "(2003), in Urban Studies, vol 40, n. 12; "A Model of Regeneration? Urban Redevelopment and Policy-led Gentrification in Bilbao" (2015), in Rodríguez, A. and Juaristi, J. (eds.) Transforming Cities. Opportunities and Challenges of Urban Regeneration in the Basque Country, Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada, Reno.