JS-17
Unequal Cities and the Political Economy of Housing. Part I

Tuesday, July 15, 2014: 8:30 AM-10:20 AM
Room: 303
RC43 Housing and Built Environment (host committee)
RC21 Regional and Urban Development

Language: English

Session Organizers:
Manuel B. AALBERS, University of Leuven, Belgium and Raquel ROLNIK, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Refiguring and Centering Housing in Political Economy (Oral Presentation)
Manuel B. AALBERS, University of Leuven, Belgium; Brett CHRISTOPHERS, Uppsala University, Sweden

Financialization in the Backyard: Shrinkage, Welfare State Restructuring and New Housing Investments (Oral Presentation)
Laura COLINI, Leibniz Inst Regional Development, Germany; Matthias BERNT, Leibniz Institute for Regional Development, Germany; Daniel FOERSTE, Leibniz Institute for Regional Development, Germany

The Financialization of Housing and Spatial Segregation: New Frontiers in Brazilian Cities (Oral Presentation)
Raquel ROLNIK, University of São Paulo, Brazil; Alvaro PEREIRA, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Housing and Social Re-Stratification (Distributed Paper)
Yosuke HIRAYAMA, Kobe University, Japan; Ray FORREST, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong