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Urban real estate technologies: genealogies, frontiers, & critiques

Payne, Will; Knuth, Sarah; Mahmoudi, Dillon

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Will Payne

Dillon Mahmoudi



Abstract

The production, perception, and representation of urban space and urban property relations have been urgent “technological” questions since before the birth of urban geography as a discipline. The growth and differentiation of cities worldwide has been shaped by a long-evolving technical frontier, one often turned toward the accumulation imperatives and exclusions of private real estate development. Today, real estate in global cities is experiencing a fresh technological boom, featuring novel techniques for real estate mapping, valuation, financialization, and other key functions. This special issue explores and theorizes these technological developments in real estate, past and present. Collected papers articulate urban geographical scholarship with insights from critical political economy and technology studies, including digital geographies. The collection argues that the relational politics of property manifest in crucial ways through the development and application of urban real estate technologies, and that geography and urban planning are well positioned to offer insights into such technological and political economic mediations, both historical and unfolding.

Citation

Payne, W., Knuth, S., & Mahmoudi, D. (2020). Urban real estate technologies: genealogies, frontiers, & critiques. Urban Geography, 41(8), 1033-1036. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2020.1820678

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 3, 2020
Online Publication Date Dec 13, 2020
Publication Date 2020
Deposit Date Mar 8, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Urban Geography
Print ISSN 0272-3638
Electronic ISSN 1938-2847
Publisher Bellweather Publishing
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 41
Issue 8
Pages 1033-1036
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2020.1820678

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