Urbanizing Suburbia : Hyper-Gentrification, the Financialization of Housing and the Remaking of the Outer European City

Tahl Kaminer

ISBN 10: 386859762X / ISBN 13: 9783868597622

Published by Jovis, 2023

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Neuware - Urbanizing Suburbia considers three current and related processes underway in global cities: the hyper-gentrification of inner cities, the financialization of housing, and the structural changes occurring in the outer city. Rocketing housing prices have displaced residents from inner cities and created a rent gap in outer cities. Increasingly, municipalities, developers, and displaced residents search for opportunities in the suburban belts. Changes in demographics, densities, live/work ratios, and tenures are remaking outer cities, rendering them less and less suburban. The book examines these changes by looking at four key European cities: Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and Stockholm. It is a first attempt at understanding the three processes discussed here within one comprehensive explanatory framework. ; Urbanizing Suburbia erforscht die Beziehung zwischen drei aktuellen Prozessen in globalen Städten: Hyper-Gentrifizierung der Innenstädte, Finanzialisierung des Wohnens und strukturelle Veränderungen in Vororten. Die explodierenden Wohnungspreise in Großstädten haben zu einer enormen Abwanderung von Einwohner\*innen aus den Innenstädten geführt, von denen sich viele in den Speckgürteln niedergelassen haben. Dieser demografische Wandel führt in Verbindung mit den spezifischen Sanierungsstrategien der Kommunen zu einer Neustrukturierung der Vorstädte. Die Publikation untersucht diese Veränderungen am Beispiel von vier europäischen Großstädten: Amsterdam, Berlin, London und Stockholm. Es ist ein erster Versuch, diese drei Prozesse innerhalb eines umfassenden Rahmens zu betrachten.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Urbanizing Suburbia : Hyper-Gentrification, the Financialization of Housing and the Remaking of the Outer European City
• Publisher: Jovis
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 386859762X
• ISBN 13: 9783868597622
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 188H x 24D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 188 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 861 grams

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Synopsis

Urbanizing Suburbia considers the relationship between three current processes underway in global cities: the hyper-gentrification of inner cities, the financialization of housing, and the structural changes occurring in the suburbs. The rocketing price of housing in cities around the world has led to a sizable exodus of residents from the inner cities, with many of those displaced settling in the suburban belts. This change in demographics, coupled with specific regeneration strategies implemented by municipalities, is leading to a remaking of suburbia.
The book examines these changes using the examples of four key global European cities: Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and Stockholm. It is a first attempt at understanding the three processes discussed here within one comprehensive explanatory framework.

About the Authors

Tahl Kaminer is a Reader in Architectural History and Theory at Cardiff University. He is the author of The Efficacy of Architecture (2017) and Architecture, Crisis and Resuscitation (2011), and editor of the anthologies Urban Asymmetries (2011), Critical Tools (2011) and Houses in Transformation (2008).

Leonard Ma is a Canadian architect based in Helsinki. He is a member of New Academy, and teaches Urban Studies and Architecture at the Estonian Academy of Art. His research focuses on neoliberalism, financialization, and the legacy of the welfare state, and has been published in e-flux architecture, The Avery Review, Drawing Matter and AA files. Leonard is a practicing architect and leads PUBLIC OFFICE, with projects and competition awards in Austria, Finland, Japan and Sweden.

Helen Runting is a planner and architectural theorist, as well as a founding partner of the Stockholm-based architecture office Secretary. She holds a PhD in Critical Studies in Architecture (KTH) and regularly publishes essays on the politics of design. Runting is a co-author of the prize-winning 14,495 Flats: A Metabolist’s Guide to New Stockholm (2021) and a co-editor of the anthology Architecture and Feminisms: Ecologies, Economies, Technologies (2018).