Repository logo
 

Governing investors and developers: Analysing the role of risk allocation in urban development

Published version
Peer-reviewed

Type

Article

Change log

Authors

Abstract

jats:p This article argues that urban governance, and academic theorisations of it, have focused on the role and strategies of real estate developers at the expense of understanding how investors are shaped by regulatory environments. In contrast, using the case of institutional investment in London’s private rental housing (Build to Rent), in this article I argue that unpacking the private sector and the development process helps reveal different types of risk which necessitate variegated responses from within the real estate sector. In doing so, I demonstrate the complexities of the private sector in urban development, especially housing provision, and the limitations of a binary conceptualised around pro- and anti-development narratives when discussing planning decisions. Instead, I show the multiplicity of responses from within the private sector, and how these reflect particular approaches to risk management. Uncovering this helps theorise the complexities of governing housing systems and demonstrates the potential for risk-based urban governance analysis in the future. </jats:p>

Description

Keywords

Journal Title

Urban Studies

Conference Name

Journal ISSN

0042-0980
1360-063X

Volume Title

Publisher

SAGE Publications