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

Leading urban sociologist Saskia Sassen – who identified the global cities dynamic – argued that new and tacit patterns of ownership are having a negative impact on the ‘cityness’, vibrancy and accessibility of urban systems by cutting off parts of the city from public use. Could this form of investment and speculation in cities and buildings be causing de-urbanisation? 

Speaker: Saskia Sassen

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