In this paper, we develop a novel interpretation of the internal relationship between value,
rent and finance, thereby enabling a new reading of the process of financialisation. As we …

Founded in 2008 in San Francisco, Airbnb has become a global phenomenon the growing
popularity of which has been reported and boosted by the global media. The business press …

In recent years, the Smart City has become a very popular concept amongst policy makers
and urban planners. In a nutshell, the Smart City refers to projects and planning strategies …

The 2008 global financial meltdown has redirected attention to the entwinement of financial
markets and the urban built environment. Against that background, recent works in urban …

Within the neoliberal context of today's urbanism, a growing number of inner-city
megaprojects aim to transform brownfield sites—accompanied by gentrification and tourism …

Ten years after the housing bubble burst, Barcelona has experienced an increase in rental
prices. This increase in prices is due to a combination of factors such as household debt …

Over the last decades Barcelona has experienced social and economic transformations
brought by the conversion of peripheral urban neighborhoods into tourist attractions. In this …

In this introduction to a virtual special issue on land rent, we sketch out the history of land
rent theory, encompassing classical political economy, Marx's political economy, the …

This article examines the evolution of the 'Barcelona Model'of urban transformation through
the lenses of worlding and provincialising urbanism. We trace this evolution from an …

Back in 2006, Zapatero's pride in his country's development might have been forgivable. At
this time, Spain was the eighth largest economy in the world. In the preceding decade, the …