Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Recent work on financialisation in urban political economy and economic geography has highlighted real estate developers as a point of analysis for understanding urban governance and ongoing urban restructuring. This paper argues the relational strategies of developers revealed in this work is informed by the existence of a series of risks which they have to mitigate throughout a project's lifecycle. As a result, there is a need for more geographically sensitive - and relational - understanding of real estate risk, and how it influences actors' strategies in places. Building on two examples from Johannesburg and London, this paper explores the relationship between risk, real estate and urban transformation. In highlighting the different roles developers assume: as knowledge coalition builders, political actors and community builders we demonstrate how developers employee specific relational strategies to counter threats to the implementation of their projects.
Recent work on financialisation in urban political economy and economic geography has highlighted real estate developers as a point of analysis for understanding urban governance and ongoing urban restructuring. This paper argues the relational strategies of developers revealed in this work is informed by the existence of a series of risks which they have to mitigate throughout a project's lifecycle. As a result, there is a need for more geographically sensitive - and relational - understanding of real estate risk, and how it influences actors' strategies in places. Building on two examples from Johannesburg and London, this paper explores the relationship between risk, real estate and urban transformation. In highlighting the different roles developers assume: as knowledge coalition builders, political actors and community builders we demonstrate how developers employee specific relational strategies to counter threats to the implementation of their projects.
The risky business of real estate developers: network building and risk mitigation in London and Johannesburg
01.01.2020
Urban Geography , 41 (1) pp. 36-54. (2020)
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC:
710
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