Urban propertyscapes DOI

Tom Goodfellow

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2022, Номер unknown, С. 168 - 200

Опубликована: Окт. 18, 2022

Abstract This chapter turns introduces the idea of urban propertyscapes, which refers to patterns residential and commercial property development in a given city, how this is arranged across space, it relates land regimes politics regulation. After examining post-conflict evolution real estate sector three cities, delineates basic incentives constraints these have channelled ever more resources into ‘secondary circuit’ capital, drawing away from productive investment. It then considers questions housing provision, particularly Addis Ababa, site one Africa’s most extraordinary state-driven experiments, why so little has been built other cases. In concluding comparative discussion, argues that different distributions power strategies legitimation are central accounting for emergent propertyscapes region.

Язык: Английский

Politics and the urban frontier DOI

Tom Goodfellow

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2022, Номер unknown, С. 269 - 283

Опубликована: Окт. 18, 2022

Abstract This concluding chapter revisits the questions of capitalist globalization and late urbanization their relationship to convergence divergence in region’s urban trajectories, before reviewing main findings book. Drawing across book’s analytical framework, examines between associational infrastructural power, how these intersect with strategies legitimation, practices, modalities political informality shape both physical transformation nature dissent. The concludes by reflecting on achievements, limitations, lessons efforts reshape territory, property, social contracts three cities at global frontier. It argues that East African states have shown driving distinct paths through is possible, despite challenges terms inclusion sustainable contracts, Africa a vital laboratory from which world needs learn.

Язык: Английский

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Transformation and divergence DOI

Tom Goodfellow

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2022, Номер unknown, С. 30 - 54

Опубликована: Окт. 18, 2022

Abstract This chapter elaborates the book’s theoretical framework in depth. It begins with a discussion of some contemporary strands urban theory and extent to which these engage or deflect questions causality. Drawing on Critical Realism, it explains this interdisciplinary approach causal force, particularly relation structure infrastructure, human non-human elements that shape transformations. then sets out detail each four casual factors used explain divergent trajectories development: distribution associational power, pursuit social legitimacy, modalities political informality, legacies practices infrastructural reach. Finally, discusses how are conceptualized one another at different scales, building ‘level abstracted’ analytical lens politics transformation.

Язык: Английский

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Urban propertyscapes DOI

Tom Goodfellow

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2022, Номер unknown, С. 168 - 200

Опубликована: Окт. 18, 2022

Abstract This chapter turns introduces the idea of urban propertyscapes, which refers to patterns residential and commercial property development in a given city, how this is arranged across space, it relates land regimes politics regulation. After examining post-conflict evolution real estate sector three cities, delineates basic incentives constraints these have channelled ever more resources into ‘secondary circuit’ capital, drawing away from productive investment. It then considers questions housing provision, particularly Addis Ababa, site one Africa’s most extraordinary state-driven experiments, why so little has been built other cases. In concluding comparative discussion, argues that different distributions power strategies legitimation are central accounting for emergent propertyscapes region.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

0