Cities for profit : the real estate turn in Asia's urban politics / Gavin Shatkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shatkin, Gavin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Real estate development--Government policy--Asia.

Real estate development.

Real estate investment--Government policy--Asia.

Real estate investment.

Land use, Urban--Government policy--Asia.

Land use, Urban.

City planning--Asia.

City planning.

Urban policy--Asia.

Urban policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York ; London, [England] : Cornell University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Cities for Profit examines the phenomenon of urban real estate megaprojects in Asia-massive, privately built planned urban developments that have captured the imagination of politicians, policymakers, and citizens across the region. These controversial projects, embraced by elites, occasion massive displacement and have extensive social and economic impacts. Gavin Shatkin finds commonalities and similarities in dozens of such projects in Jakarta, Kolkata, and Chongqing. Shatkin is at the vanguard of urban studies in his focus on real estate. Just as cities are increasingly defined and remapped according to the value of the land under their residents' feet, the lives of city dwellers are shaped and constrained by their ability to keep up with rising costs of urban life. Scholars and policy and planning professionals alike will benefit from Shatkin's comprehensive research. Cities for Profit contains insights from more than 150 interviews, site visits to projects, and data from government and nongovernmental organization reports and data, urban plans, architectural renderings, annual reports and promotional materials of developers, and newspaper and other media accounts.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction. The Real Estate Turn in Asia's Urban Politics

1. Origins and Consequences of the Real Estate Turn

2. Comparing State Agendas of Land Monetization

3. Planned Grab

4. Experiments in Power

5. Chongqing

Conclusion.

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501711138

150171113X

9781501709715

1501709712

OCLC:

1015284734