The Politics of Equity: Who owns the city? - Panel
Channel: UrbanAge
Date: 2015-12-09

Since 2006, over 134 million hectares of African land – roughly the size of France, Spain and Germany – has been bought by foreign investors, the region where urban growth is most expected in the next 20 years. At the same time large swathes of global cities like London, New York and Paris are owned or being developed by foreign sovereign wealth funds and international corporate investors. Could this form of investment and speculation in cities and buildings be causing de-urbanisation? 

Chair: Craig Calhoun
Panelists: Anthony Williams, Saskia Sassen, José Castillo,  Saskia Sassen

Wednesday 25 November 2015 | 18:30-20:00 @LSE
https://lsecities.net/media/objects/events/the-politics-of-equity