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Geographies of purpose built student accommodation

Exclusivity, precarity and (im)mobility

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ID5697308
AuthorsAlice Reynolds (0000-0002-4927-8519, Royal Holloway University of London, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume14
Issue11
Publication date2020-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeography Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/gec3.12543
OpenAlexW3080798614
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited66

Purpose Built Student Accommodation is increasingly dominating the urban landscapes of university locations. Yet a focus on student accommodation beyond "studentification" remains under-researched and under-analysed in geography and housing studies. Drawing upon pre-existing studies and new insights from the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, this paper provides an analysis of the contemporary student accommodation sector and the distinct geographies this creates. The paper argues that the neoliberalisation of the student accommodation sector has (re)produced three distinct outcomes: exclusivity, precarity, and (im)mobility, themes of increasing attention within geography and beyond. In concluding, the paper argues that student accommodation is a key vector in which inequalities produced by neoliberalism are articulated and displayed, reflective of a wider global trend

Accommodation · Economic geography · Geography · Inequality · Political economy · Political science · Precarity · Sociology · Gender Studies · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Psychology · Urban Planning and Governance

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Unique citing works26
Citations per year5,2
Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 25

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