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Urban Warfare: Housing under the Empire of Finance - Couverture souple

Rolnik, Raquel

 
9781788731607: Urban Warfare: Housing under the Empire of Finance
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1788731603 ISBN 13 : 9781788731607
Editeur : Verso Books, 2019

Synopsis

In Urban Warfare, Rolnik charts how the financialisation of housing has become a global crisis, as models of home ownership, originating in the US and UK, are being exported around the world. These developments were largely organised by htosw who benefit the most: construction companies and banks, supported by government-facilitated schemes, such as 'the right to buy', subsidies, and micro-financing.

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À propos de l'auteur

Raquel Rolnik is an architect and urban planner, working on housing and urban policies. She was Director of the Planning Department of the city of Sao Paulo (1989-1992),National Secretary for Urban Programs of the Brazilian Ministry of Cities (2003-2007) and Urban Policy Coordinator of the Polis Institute (1997-2002). In 2008,she was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing and visited the UK, causing some controversy, and other countries. She is also a professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Studies at the University of Sao Paulo.

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Éditeur
Verso Books
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1788731603
ISBN 13 
9781788731607
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
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