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PLURALITY IN URBAN POLITICS: Conflict and Commonality in Mouffe and Thévenot 城市政治中的多元性:墨菲与萨文森的冲突与共性

IF 3.3 2区经济学

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2023-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13205

Veikko Eranti, Taina Meriluoto

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ALGORITHMIC SUTURING: Platforms, Motorcycles and the ‘Last Mile’ in Urban Africa 算法难题：平台、摩托车和非洲城市的“最后一英里”

IF 3.3 2区经济学

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2023-08-16 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13200

Andrea Pollio, Liza Rose Cirolia, Jack Ong'iro Odeo

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HOUSING INFORMALITY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: Insights from a Policy Comparison between Accra and Buenos Aires 全球南方的住房信息化：阿克拉和布宜诺斯艾利斯政策比较的启示

IF 3.3 2区经济学

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2023-08-16 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13201

Hsi-Chuan Wang, Agustina María Bazán

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The Paradox of Heat: Ubiquity, Invisibility, and Bodies in India 热的悖论:印度的无处不在、不可见和身体

2区经济学

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.56949/2kud7103

Ashawari Chaudhuri

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Heat Relief as a Matter of Entitlement? The Socio-Materialities of Thermal Governance in an Informal Urban Settlement 热缓解是一种权利?非正式城市住区热治理的社会物质性

2区经济学

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.56949/2usd3708

Aalok Khandekar, Anant Maringanti, Anushree Gupta, Tanaya Bhowal

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Heat (in)action: The Thermopolitics of Extreme Urban Heat in Karachi 热(在)行动:热政治的极端城市高温在卡拉奇

2区经济学

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.56949/2taa9763

Adam Abdullah, Soha Macktoom

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Why focus on ‘heat’? A silent disaster unfolding in Nepal 为什么要关注“热度”?一场无声的灾难正在尼泊尔展开

2区经济学

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.56949/2cwp2746

Sajani Kandel, Sharmila Shyangtan

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Facing a Familiar Foe: Adapting to Heat in South Asia 面对一个熟悉的敌人:适应南亚的高温

2区经济学

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.56949/2lkq6700

Chandni Singh

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PROPERTY-LED INFORMALITY: Shifting Informal Land Development from Popular Housing to Middle-Class and Elite Speculation in Belo Horizonte 房地产主导的信息：贝洛奥里藏特的非正规土地开发从大众住房转向中产阶级和精英投机

IF 3.3 2区经济学

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2023-07-22 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13196

João Tonucci

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UNPACKING CAPITAL SWITCHING: Value, Rentierism and Displacement in Absolute and Relative Forms of Switching 拆解资本转换:绝对与相对转换形式中的价值、食利制与置换

IF 3.3 2区经济学

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2023-07-20 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13183

Ismael Yrigoy

{"title":"UNPACKING CAPITAL SWITCHING: Value, Rentierism and Displacement in Absolute and Relative Forms of Switching","authors":"Ismael Yrigoy","doi":"10.1111/1468-2427.13183","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1468-2427.13183","url":null,"abstract":"Harvey's (1978) switching theory has been widely used to theorize investments in the built environment. Crucially, in switching theory no distinction has been made between investments in the construction of the newly built environment and investments into the existing built environment. The distinction between these two types of switching is key to unveiling the relations between how value is produced, rents are extracted and interest payments are made as investments flow with the real estate sector, and the implications that such switching has for displacement. I discuss the distinction between different types of switching and the implications thereof by analysing the ebb and flow of investments in Spanish real estate from 2000 to 2007 and from 2014 to 2018. On the one hand, I claim that the two switching waves were qualitatively different in so far as capital was fixed in the built environment through the construction of new buildings between 2000 and 2007, whereas from 2014 to 2018 capital was fixed in existing buildings. In the first switching phase, value was produced and land rents were extracted, whereas the second switching phase was characterized mainly by rent extraction. On the other hand, the first switching moment entailed an increase in housing provision, whereas the second switching moment led to widespread displacement of the population.","PeriodicalId":14327,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Urban and Regional Research","volume":"47 6","pages":"940-956"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42183545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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