Rebuilding Toronto’s non-profit housing development industry This post was written by Yinnon Geva. Everybody loves non-profit housing Canada is experiencing an unprecedented housing crisis and is rapidly becoming one of the least affordable countries in the Global North. Housing costs …
This post was written by Nagwa Kady. Urban planning aims to safeguard public interests through spatial regulations that foster social value within communities. However, in our article “Lost in Translation: Unlocking Planning’s Potential to Harness Social Value from Property Development …
This post was written by Tuna Tasan-Kok. In the intricate world of urban development, property-market decisions are woven from a complex web of uncertainty, strategy, and collaboration. This complexity is thoroughly examined in Tuna Taşan-Kok’s article, “Navigating the City: Role …
The need for a regional perspective Affordable housing remains a pressing issue globally, and Amsterdam is no exception. As the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated trends in residential property investments and urban migration, it became evident that the existing urban-centric solutions were …
This post was written by Sara Özoğul. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, UGoveRN embarked on an initiative to support early career scholars at the intersection of planning and real estate studies. This initiative was part of …
This post was written by Uri Ansenberg and Nufar Avni. Our recent publication in Habitat International explores the intricate dynamics of real estate valuation within East Jerusalem’s informal Palestinian neighborhoods. East Jerusalem’s political and legal status presents complex challenges to …
What do we get if we bring together the interdisciplinary field of legal pluralism with the equally interdisciplinary field of urban studies? It is with this question in mind that the special issue editors of this issue—Danielle Chevalier, Michiel Stapper, …
This post was written by João Tonucci. My new publication, published in Urban Studies, addresses the overlooked dynamic between the state and informal land development in Global South metropolises, focusing on the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (MRBH) in Brazil. …
The challenges of territorial politics This post was written by Niamh Moore-Cherry. Internationally, the economic performance of cities – and particularly large cities – is considered crucial to national prosperity, giving rise to what has been termed a ‘metrophilia’ among …
This post was written by Alberto Bortolotti. When I began my PhD in urban planning, design, and policy at the Polytechnic University of Milano, I had the objective to keep investigating the linkages between cities and large-scale projects, which was …
Recent decades have seen a rising interest in the peripheral nature of urbanization processes. While research has put the spotlight on large-scale, transnational and financialized real estate actors, less attention has been paid to informal land developers. In a new …
Entrepreneurial and growth-oriented urban development models perceive neglected areas as untapped opportunities for revitalization and transformation. In a new article, PhD candidate Ebru Kurt Ozman (University of Amsterdam) and Prof. Dr. Tuna Tasan-Kok (Chair of Urban Governance and Planning, University …