{"product_id":"the-speculative-city-emergent-forms-and-norms-of-the-built-environment-paperback-softback-9781487524883","title":"The Speculative City; Emergent Forms and Norms of the Built Environment (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487524883","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Speculative City\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEmergent Forms and Norms of the Built Environment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCecilia L. Chu (Edited by), Shenjing He (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487524883\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 February 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e282 pages, 29 b\u0026amp;w illustrations, 5 b\u0026amp;w figures, 5 b\u0026amp;w maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Speculative City \u003c\/em\u003eexplores property speculation as a key aspect of financialization and its role in reshaping the contemporary built environment. The book offers a series of case studies that encompass a range of cities whose urban fabrics have undergone significant transformation in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile the forms of these developments share many similarities, their trajectories and social outcomes were contingent upon existing planning and policy frameworks in addition to the historical roles assumed by the state and the private sector in housing and welfare provision. By paying close attention to the forces and actors involved in property development, this book underscores that the built environment has played an integral part in shaping new values and collective aspirations, while also facilitating the spread of financial logics in urban governance. The essays in this collection show that these dynamics represent a larger shift of politics and culture in the ongoing production of urban space and prompt reflections on future trajectories of finance-led property speculation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Financialization, Speculation, and the Production of the Urban Built Environment\u003cbr\u003eCecilia L. Chu and Shenjing He\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection I. Mega Projects and Speculative Urban Development\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Property Speculation: Causes and Consequences\u003cbr\u003eSusan Fainstein and Johannes Novy\u003cbr\u003e2 The Financialization of Urban Redevelopment: Speculation and Public Land in Porto Maravilha, Rio de Janeiro\u003cbr\u003eMayra Mosciaro, Alvaro Pereira, and Manuel B. Aalbers\u003cbr\u003e3 From Spectacular to Speculative Gulf Cities: A Tale of Dubai and Doha\u003cbr\u003eAli A. Alraouf\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection II. Reconfiguring the State: The Politics and Pragmatics of Speculation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Mega-Event Urbanism and the Politics of Speculative Urban Development in Shanghai \u003cbr\u003eYunpeng Zhang and Shenjing He\u003cbr\u003e5 Urbanization as Mass Speculative Event: Informal Finance and City-Making in Ordos, Inner Mongolia\u003cbr\u003eMax D. Woodworth\u003cbr\u003e6 El Quiñón: Corruption and Speculative Development in the Spanish Financial Crisis\u003cbr\u003eMarta Catalán Eraso and Cecilia L. Chu\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection III. Forms and Norms of Speculative Housing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Speculation in the London Housing Market: Flat Break-Ups, Loft Conversions, and Overseas Buyers\u003cbr\u003eChris Hamnett\u003cbr\u003e8 Speculative Subdivision of Private Rental Flats in Hong Kong\u003cbr\u003eMandy Lau\u003cbr\u003e9 Contradictions of State and Household Investments in Public Housing in Singapore\u003cbr\u003eChua Beng Huat\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword \u003cbr\u003eAlan Smart\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595604848920,"sku":"9781487524883","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-speculative-city-emergent-forms-and-norms-of-the-built-environment-paperback-softback-9781487524883","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}