ISA World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, July 11-17, 2010
Cities and the housing boom/bust
Joint session of RC21 Regional and Urban Development and RC43 Housing and Built Environment
Organizers:
- Manuel Aalbers, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, m.b.aalbers@gmail.com
- Ken Gibb, University of Glasgow, UK, k.gibb@socsci.gla.ac.uk
Housing markets are highly dependent on the economic performance of cities. Yet, local housing market boom/bust is shaped not only at the city level, but also at the national and increasingly as the financial crisis of 2007-2009 makes clear at the global level. Local, national and global factors interact to produce housing booms/busts. A housing boom may be seen as a sign of economic vitality of a city, but also implies an affordability crisis for large parts of the urban population. A housing bust may be connected to an economic downturn and may result in redundant housing in one city and only a pause in increasing house prices in another.
Possible topics for this session include, but are not limited to:
o The local politics of housing
o Examples of housing boom/bust
o Analysis of how local, national and global factors shape markets
o Local housing effects of the global financial crisis
o Booming neighbourhoods in a busting city
o Busting neighbourhoods in a booming city
o The real estate network as a growth machine
Please email abstracts before the 9th December too:
Professor Kenneth Gibb
k.gibb@socsci.gla.ac.uk
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