This paper assesses the impact on neighborhood population dynamics of a major urban renewal policy implemented in Catalonia (Spain) between 2004 and 2010. Some of the most deprived neighborhoods in the region received large investments in their public spaces and facilities with the aim of attracting natives and high income individuals and of reducing the concentration of poverty and immigration. The control group comprises rejected projects and projects accepted towards the end of the program that, due to a fall in public tax revenues, were never executed. The results suggest that the urban renewal projects had little (if any) effects on population dynamics, suggesting that substantial investment in deprived neighborhoods is insufficient to attract natives and/or high income households. Interestingly, the sole exception were the interventions made in Barcelona’s historic districts, where the policy seems to have augmented ongoing processes of urban revival into its most deprived neighborhoods furthering processes of gentrification.

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城市更新政策能否扭转邻里民族动态？

本文评估了 2004 年至 2010 年间在加泰罗尼亚（西班牙）实施的一项重大城市更新政策对社区人口动态的影响。该地区一些最贫困的社区在其公共空间和设施方面获得了大量投资，目的是吸引当地人和高收入个人以及减少贫困和移民的集中度。控制组包括被拒绝的项目和在计划结束时被接受但由于公共税收减少而从未执行过的项目。结果表明，城市更新项目对人口动态几乎没有影响（如果有的话），这表明对贫困社区的大量投资不足以吸引当地人和/或高收入家庭。有趣的是，