Life in London’s changing densities

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ID11670543
AutoresFanny Blanc (0009-0001-4216-4359, London School of Economics and Political Science), Tim D White (0000-0003-1266-7489, London School of Economics and Political Science, autor correspondente), Tim White (0000-0003-3508-2782, London School of Economics and Political Science)
Ano2020
Volume41
Fascículo10
Páginas1318-1325
Data de publicação2020-11-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoUrban Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02723638.2020.1850630
OpenAlexW3107518391
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas10

Despite reaching ever higher densities, London’s new residential blocks and towers are evermore exclusive and unaffordable. The current market-led era of high-density housing development contrasts acutely with that of the postwar era, geared around the mass provision of council homes. These changing densities are often discussed at the city level, but there has been little research capturing residents’ perspectives. This paper aims to draw parallels between the politics and the experience of density using a recent study focusing on the residents of high-density housing in London. It seeks to demonstrate how consequences of structural shifts – a growing separation between tenures, increasing numbers of transient residents and the escalating role of international finance – impact day-to-day life within these buildings. In so doing, it advocates shifting the prevailing focus on density as a numbers game to considering the issues associated with changing social densities – particularly the inequalities within and between them

Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Operations management · Parallels · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Urban Planning and Governance · Urbanization and City Planning