Comparative Housing Systems and Segregation Patterns in Central, Eastern, Southern and Southeastern Europe
Language: English and French
The session focuses on Central, Eastern and Southern European regions because they comprise diverse welfare systems (corporate, state socialist with transition trajectories, familist-residual) and, at the same time are understudied. These regions also comprise metropolises with different positions in terms of income and wealth and with very distinct histories in terms of housing systems and segregation patterns. Therefore, they provide a challengingly diverse terrain to examine the different impact of global forces promoting commodification and financialization (e.g. by the rise of tourism) within different contexts.
The question is whether these different urban contexts are converging under the pressure of global forces and what does this mean? How does the interaction between global forces and local conditions affect housing affordability? What role does the mobilization of civil society play in shaping housing policies?
The proposed session is based on several comparative projects bringing together cities like Athens, Belgrade, Lisbon, Naples and Vienna. However, the organizers mainly expect presentation proposals outside the projects they already know, potentially including cases beyond the specified geographical boundaries.
The format of the proposed session is Paper presentation session.