Housing financialization, or the increased dominance of financial markets in the housing
sector, has not stopped in the wake of the crisis. Rather, it has reinforced and rescaled itself …

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 …

Finally, after a lengthy hiatus, the empirical facts of economic inequality need no
introduction. In a blaze of publicity during a decade or more, the re-polarization of income …

Municipalities large and small are grappling with how to address enduring water quality
challenges stemming from the impermeability of much of the built environment and how to …

This paper presents an original follow the money methodology and argues for adopting the
approach in geographical research. In 2011, made a compelling theoretical case for …

Real estate investment trusts, institutional investors and other global asset managers have
gained a controversial reputation for becoming for-profit landlords in the public and private …

Although academic scholarship has addressed how city governments have responded to
declining housing affordability in the aftermath of crisis, few studies have done so from a …

Historically, many Western nations have subsidized public and affordable housing with
public grants and government-backed loans. However, in response to declining housing …

Cities are considered key sites where innovation can be nurtured to drive sustainability
transitions. While existing studies recognise that transitions occur unevenly across space …

Innovative finance is now considered essential to mobilize the trillions projected as required
to meet the sustainable development goals. The International Finance Facility for …