Geographers have started studying residential (housing) and commercial real estate
(offices, retail, leisure) at the intersection of financial and urban geographies to understand …

There is a small but growing literature on the financialization of housing that demonstrates
how housing is a central aspect of financialization. Despite the varied analyses of the …

This report discusses the financialization of urban governance and the built environment as
an explicit state strategy, focusing on municipal finance and the use of financial products by …

abstract Taking as its focus the not-so-special case of Detroit, which recently experienced
the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history, this article explores the financialization of …

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and
well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an …

This article introduces a new mode of urban entrepreneurialism in London through a study
of the state‐executed, speculative development and financialization of public land. In …

Financialising City Statecraft and Infrastructure addresses the struggles of national and local
states to fund, finance and govern urban infrastructure. It develops fresh thinking on …

A distinctive feature of urban spaces lies in their high infrastructural density. Because
buildings, roads, stadiums, airports are all capital-intensive, they rely in turn on financial …

A burgeoning literature demonstrates how the inter-dependent relationship between the
financial and real estate sectors has intensified boom-bust dynamics within urban property …

Why does a social housing provider bet on interest rate fluctuations? This article presents a
case study of the financialization of both housing and the state. Social housing in the …