Dividing a City
Real Estate Mega-Speculation and Contention in Miami, Florida
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3794367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Tardanico (0000-0001-6262-9742, Florida International University, corresponding author), David Maybury-Lewis (0000-0002-1330-2601, Florida International University), Ulrich Oslender |
| Year | 2021 |
| Issue | 29 |
| Pages | 103-120 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Astrágalo Cultura de la Arquitectura y la Ciudad (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1134-3672 • E-ISSN: 2469-0503 |
| Publisher | Editorial Universidad de Sevilla (PUBLISHER • ES) |
| DOI | 10.12795/astragalo.2021.i29.05 |
| OpenAlex | W4210888693 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Miami is not a newcomer to the history of gentrification that has reshaped the urban fabric in cities all over the world. Yet a new mega project to be implemented in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood represents a strategic capitalist modification of the city's previous processes of class-based and racialized socio-territorial dispossession and displacement. As we argue in this paper, Little Haiti's Magic City Innovation District stands emblematic for a global boom in financialized urban corporate accumulation, which presents new challenges to local communities. We ask, what practical political options does a predominantly poor minority community have in confronting such challenges? Our discussion of Miami's Little Haiti suggests two conclusions: first, that real estate mega speculation potentially exacerbates politico-social divisions within such a community, subverts its capacity for resistance, and renders it more vulnerable to large-scale dispossession and displacement; and second, that mega speculation exacerbates socio-territorial divisions and inequalities within the fabric of a wider metropolis
Boom · Business · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Gentrification · Geography · Miami · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Real estate · Sociology · Speculation · Engineering · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Finance
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |