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MAINTAINING RENTAL HOUSING AS AN ASSET: Exploring Institutional Investors in Sweden’s Rental Market
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Institutional investors have asserted significant power over rental markets across the transatlantic. However, their stronghold has been contested after rising interest rates in 2022. In this article I address the situated dimensions of the assetization of the built environment by examining the establishment of residential property investors ...
Jennie Gustafsson
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract The Beqaa Valley in Lebanon has become increasingly polluted, and residents are attributing illness to improper waste disposal and dumping. This article explores local epistemologies of pollution’s causes and effects in three films, which were researched and produced by local residents of Bar Elias, a small town in the Beqaa, which has rapidly
Hannah Sender +2 more
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Sandy's Mold Legacy: The Unmet Need Six Months After the Storm [PDF]
, 2013 Just over six months ago, Hurricane Sandy hit the shores of New York, bringing floods and standing water to neighborhoods across the tri-state area. But if the destructive capacity of flooding and water damage was bad, it soon became clear homeowners ...
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In a context of unprecedented urbanization, nineteenth‐century European cities faced the ‘housing question’, i.e. precarious housing standards and affordability problems. While existing research has well described these historical housing problems in single‐city studies or in national urbanization histories, to our knowledge, there are hardly ...
Sebastian Kohl +2 more
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British Colonial Institutions and Economic Development in India [PDF]
We explore the impact of British colonial institutions on the economic development of India. In some regions, the British colonial government assigned property rights in land and taxes to landlords whereas in others it assigned them directly to ...
Shilpi Kapur, Sukkoo Kim
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early‐stage companies, pursuing aggressive growth and market domination. Since the 2008 financial crisis, VCs have poured huge sums into real estate start‐ups.
Tim White
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Contractual Externalities and Contract Design -Evidence from Farmland Lease Contracts in U.S. Agriculture [PDF]
In modern U.S. agriculture, a tenant typically contracts with more than one landlord, although most of the past literature has focused exclusively on bilateral contracts with a single tenant and a single landlord.
Fukunaga, Keita, Hueth, Brent
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If Walls Could Talk: How Landlords Fail to Obey Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Laws in Bushwick [PDF]
, 2009 Bushwick is a low-income community of color located in the heart of NYC's so called "lead belt": DHMH data has often ranked Bushwick as one of the communities with the largest numbers of children with reported elevated blood lead levels.
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CHINESE UNIVERSITIES AS URBAN DEVELOPERS: The Tale of Two Innovation Complexes in Nanjing, China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Chinese universities are important but undertheorized players in the production of urban built environments. Most work focuses on purpose‐built university towns, neglecting the redevelopment of underutilized downtown campuses. Therefore, this article considers how two publicly funded universities in Nanjing attempted to establish ‘innovation ...
Hao Chen, Yunpeng Zhang
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Landlord–Tenant Dilemma: How Does the Conflict Affect the Design of Building Energy Systems?
EnergiesTo achieve climate goals, the European Union needs to increase building renovation rates. In owner-occupied buildings, energy cost savings provide financial incentives for renovation.
Larissa Kühn +4 more
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