Spotlight: An in depth look at key issues for regional studies

Financialisation and urban densification: London and Manchester’s niche student housing markets.

By Stefania Fiorentino, Nicola Livingstone, and Michael Short In global cities, densification processes have frequently emerged as a rapid response to housing provision and longer-term urban sustainability. This Spotlight article discusses the wider implications of financialisation through densification processes, and specifically considers developments providing student accommodation, as an under-researched element of the UK’s housing market. We […]