Urban land rent : Singapore as a property state / Anne Haila.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haila, Anne, author.

Series:

Studies in urban and social change.

Studies in Urban and Social Change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use, Urban--Singapore.

Land use, Urban.

Rent--Singapore.

Rent.

Real property--Singapore.

Real property.

Urban policy--Singapore.

Urban policy.

Real estate development--Singapore.

Real estate development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Urban Land Rent, Anne Haila uses Singapore as a case study to develop an original theory of urban land rent with important implications for urban studies and urban theory. * Provides a comprehensive analysis of land, rent theory, and the modern city * Examines the question of land from a variety of perspectives: as a resource, ideologies, interventions in the land market, actors in the land market, the global scope of land markets, and investments in land * Details the Asian development state model, historical and contemporary land regimes, public housing models, and the development industry for Singapore and several other cities * Incorporates discussion of the modern real estate market, with reference to real estate investment trusts, sovereign wealth funds investing in real estate, and the fusion between sophisticated financial instruments and real estate

Contents:

Intro

Studies in Urban and Social Change

Title Page

Copyright

Series Editors' Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Glossary

Preface

1: Introduction: Singapore as a Case and Comparison

European Classics and Western Theories

Asian Studies: A Focus on Villages

Urban Studies

The Developmental State, Asian Values and Rent-seeking

Singapore as a Property State

The Chapters

Notes

2: Ideologies of Land

Land Regimes

Debates on Genealogies

Philosophies of Property

Myths of Frontier and Homeownership

The Economic, Moral and Political Land Question

3: Economic Arguments: Rent Theory and Property Rights Theory

Concepts and Forms of Rent

Rent and Social Problems

Extending the Rent Concept

Property Rights Theory

Ambiguous Property Rights and the Market for Development Rights

Rent as a Social Relation

Urban Land Rent

4: Land Reforms: Practical Solutions and Politics of Land

Radicals and Moralists

Two Chinese Models of Land Reform

Modern Land Reform

Land Value Tax

Neoliberal Land Reforms

From Revolutions to Pragmatism

5: Land Institutions and Housing

Land Institutions and the Second Round of Land Acquisitions

National and Urban Development

Housing the Nation

Housing Welfare

Private, Expatriate and Migrant Housing

Challenges

The Value of Public Land and Fiscalisation of Rent

6: Property Tycoons and Speculation

Rent-seeking

Property is a Hot Topic in Singapore

Rumours in Hong Kong

Conglomerates, Dynasties and Pension Funds

Private and Government-linked Companies in Singapore

Industrial Landscape and the Jurong Town Corporation

Private and Government Companies Sharing the Market

Transnational Property Companies.

Capricious Landlords and Mean Developers: Absolute Rent

Land Without Speculation

7: Diversification of a Real Estate Portfolio: The World is Singapore's Hinterland

Safe Haven for Global Real Estate Flows

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Singapore Colonising the World: Sovereign Wealth Funds

Real Estate Investment into Singapore

Property-minded People

Casinos and Singapore as the World's Wealth Management Centre

Global Rent and Racism in the Real Estate Market

8: Financial Crises and Real Estate

Financial Centres

Singapore and Hong Kong as Financial Centres

Nick Leeson and the Collapse of Barings

The IMF in Singapore

The Asian Crisis

Bangkok and Real Estate Speculation

Singapore and the Financial Crisis

The Financialisation of Land and Derivative Rent

9: Conclusion: The Land, Urban and Rent Question

The Regime of Regulating Public Land

The Land Question

The Urban Question

The Rent Question

Annex: Note on Data

References

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118827659

1118827651

9781118827666

111882766X

OCLC:

924630640