*-- CALL FOR PAPERS --* > > *American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting* > > *New Orleans, Louisiana, April 10-14, 2018* > > > > > > *Real Estate, Finance and Urban Development* > > > > Organizer: Manuel B. Aalbers (KU Leuven) > > > > > *Real estate* and *finance* were at the roots of the global economic > crisis that started in 2007. *States* and their many institutions, > including central banks and financial regulators, have also been seen as > complicit to the crisis. *Cities* have recently entered a period of > severe economic turbulence, with high levels of financial uncertainty as > resources of governments as well as citizens and businesses have > diminished. Future funding for urban development is likely to be > increasingly limited due to the reform and re-regulation of financial > markets and changing underlying financial-economic conditions of urban > property markets. This session emphasizes the relation between real estate, > urban development and financial markets. In order to understand urban > development and redevelopment processes, it is crucial to understand not > only the interaction of supply and demand but also the role of state > regulation as well as financial forces at work in increasingly > international capital markets. > > > I hope to be able to organize a series of sub-sections, with separate time > slots dedicated to: > > - the financialization of local government > - the new growth coalition/machine > - the assetization/financialization of land, housing and real estate > - megaprojects: finance, RE and the city > - urban development and state spatiality > - the city as a safe deposit box for transnational wealth elites > - international investors and accumulation-by-dispossession > > > Interested applicants should send abstracts (max. 250 words) to Manuel B. > Aalbers (manuel.aalb...@kuleuven.be) by *October 13th*. Accepted > applicants will be notified by *October 18th*. Please send your > registration PIN along or make sure you can get it within a few days after > the deadline. > > > > > *-- * > > Manuel B. Aalbers, Ph.D. > > KU Leuven / University of Leuven > > Department of Geography & Tourism > > Celestijnenlaan 200e -- bus 2409 > > 3001 Heverlee > > Belgium > > http://ees.kuleuven.be/refcom > > http://kuleuven.academia.edu/ManuelAalbers > > > > >
