Critical Dialogues of Urban Governance, Development and Activism: London and Toronto

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List of Acronyms
List of Contributors
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Critical dialogues of urban governance, development and activism in London and Toronto
Part I Perspectives on governance
	1 Capital flows in the capital: Contemporary governmental imaginations in London’s urban development
		Introducing systematic ambiguities: Questioning the planning, politics and perceptions of London’s real estate market
		Dominant representations of real estate developers and investors in planning
		Capital flows in London: Embedded knowledge, challenges and market trends
		Contemporary governmental imaginations and the realities of real estate in London: Narratives and the politics of crisis
		Conclusions
		Acknowledgements
		References
	2 The elusive, inclusive city: Toronto at a crossroads
		Introduction
		Toronto: Canada’s largest city
			A diverse regional economy
			A global tech ‘superstar’ city?
			Challenges facing Canada’s largest city: Inequality and governance
		Piloting the possibilities for the inclusive city
			Increasing the supply and quality of affordable housing in Toronto
			Transport
			Economic development
		Realising the inclusive city?
		Notes
		References
	3 Regulating property conditions in the private rented sector: The complex geography of property licensing in London
		Introduction
		A brief overview of the PRS in England and in London
		The power imbalance between central and local government and its impacts on London
		The complex geography of licensing in London
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	4 Metromobility and transit-led urbanisation in London and Toronto
		Global regimes of metromobility
		Mobilising London as a global city
		Toronto
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	5 The governance of urban public spaces in London: In the public interest or in the interest of local stakeholders?
		Introduction
		The context: Declining public space budgets and increasingly diverse demands
		Assessing publicness
		Devolved publicness and stakeholders’ rights
		Conclusions
		Notes
		References
	6 London, its infrastructure and the logics of growth
		London: Its infrastructure and ‘megaproject ecology’
		HS2
		Thames Tideway Tunnel
		Matching up to ‘our Victorian forebears’
		Conclusion: The logics of growth
		Note
		References
	7 Governing urbanisation in the global city: A commentary
		References
Part II Real estate and housing
	8 Governing urban development on industrial land in global cities: Lessons from London
		Deindustrialisation, global cities and the fate of industrial land: London and Toronto in context
		Drivers of change
			Theoretical perspectives on the separation of industry and housing
			Housing as a competing driver for change
		Pressure for change
		A critique of the new London Plan’s approach to managing industry
		Conclusion
		Acknowledgements
		Notes
		References
	9 Global city, global housing bubble? Toronto’s housing bubble and its discontents
		Introduction
		Toronto and its housing bubble
		Explaining Toronto’s housing bubble
		The role of public policy in Toronto’s housing bubble
		Implications, discontents and policy responses
		Conclusion: Toward a more contented housing system?
		Notes
		References
	10 Trends and issues in the (unaffordable) London housing market
		Introduction
		The problem
		An economic analysis
		Policies
		Conclusions
		Notes
		References
	11 Housing crisis in a Canadian global city: Financialisation, buy-to-let investors and short-term rentals in Toronto’s rental
		Introduction and theoretical framework
		A brief history of rental housing in Toronto
		Changing dynamics of ownership and tenure in the City of Toronto
		The rise of asset-based welfare and its implications for inequality
		Institutional investors: Pension funds, private equity and REITs
		Digital short-term rental platforms: An emergent form of financialised housing?
		Conclusion
		References
	12 Planning for densification and housing in London: Urban design and real estate agendas in practice
		Introducing ideas on urban densification
		Measuring density: Numbers versus local context?
		London’s urban design and real estate agendas
		Urban densification in London: Querying policies and practice
		Case studies of densification in London: ‘Successful’ densification?
		Conclusions
		References
	13 Addressing equity concerns in land value capture: The spatial distribution of community benefits in Toronto’s urban redevelopment
		Introduction
		LVC: Political-economic context and conceptual framework
		Density bonusing in Toronto
		Methodology
		Analysis of community benefit agreements
		Spatial analysis of community benefit agreements
		Discussion
		Achieving equity from LVCs
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	14 Real estate and housing: A commentary Dynamics of a housing crisis - the politics and planning of housing in London and Toronto
		Perspectives on housing: Financialisation, assetisation and affordability
		New configurations of local government involvement in housing policy and planning
		Conclusions
		References
Part III Community, activism and engagement
	15 DIY: Making space in Toronto’s ‘Creative City’
		Introduction
		Becoming ‘creative’
		DIY as a place-making tactic
		DIY workspaces: Facilitating labour under the radar
		Conclusion
		Acknowledgements
		Note
		References
	16 Pragmatic fix or a farewell to welfare? Making sense of and contesting the financialisation of public land and council housing in London
		Introduction
		The urban political economy of local state restructuring in London under austerity
		Thinking outside the HRA box
		Creative financial fix or a farewell to welfare?
		References
	17 Community-based responses to exclusionary processes of neighbourhood change in Parkdale, Toronto
		Introduction
		Community-based practices as policy-making
		A path-dependent history of community-based activism in Parkdale
		Competing visions for Parkdale
		Towards equitable planning in Parkdale: The role of PARC
		Community-based planning: Planning and organising against gentrification
		Impacts on planning and development in Parkdale
		Discussion and conclusion
		Acknowledgements
		Notes
		References
	18 Time to be an activist: Recent successes in housing activism in London
		Introduction
		Stopping the selling of social housing to private developers: An important milestone in a long struggle
		Haringey Development Vehicle: Has it been stopped?
		Consultation on the Mayor of London’s policy documents: An opportunity?
		Emerging cultures of housing activism in London: From campaigning to policy-making
		Acknowledgements
		Notes
		References
	19 Engagement and activism in community land ownership: The emergence of community land trusts in London and Toronto
		Defining community land trusts
		Community land trusts in Canada and the UK (England and Wales)
		Community land trusts in London
		Community land trusts in Toronto
		Conclusion
		References
	20 Community, activism and engagement: A commentary
		Who indeed is activist now?
		References
	Conclusion: Critical dialogues on urban governance, development and activism in London and Toronto
		The fragmented nature of neoliberal urban governance and the politics of scale
		London and Toronto as exemplars of global real estate capitalism and its failures
		Contestations, coalitions and political possibilities
		References
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