Accumulation by Dispossession and Neoliberal Urban Planning: ‘Landing’ the Mega-Projects in Taipei

Sue-Ching Jou; Anders Lund Hansen; Hsin-Ling Wu

doi:10.1007/978-90-481-8924-3_9

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	151-171
Journal	GeoJournal Library
Volume	102
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8924-3_9
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 2008 - Boston, Boston, United States Duration: 2008 Apr 15 → 2008 Apr 17

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Abstract
Even in the mist of the current global economic crises, there are no signs of neoliberal urbanism collapsing. East Asia is today one of the most animated scenes of rapid and dynamic urban growth. New Asian urbanism has therefore emerged as an important field of study for understanding contemporary global social and economic change. This chapter discusses how the shifts in urban politics in Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan, facilitate neoliberal planning from the end of 1980s onwards. This is done through an analysis of four large-scale urban development projects, which are closely related to the spatial restructuring and economic transformation of Taipei over the past 20 years. Our findings suggest that private property rights have been established as the most dominant right to the city, also in Taipei. Strategies of ‘flexible’ accumulation by dispossession through ‘land acquisition’ – i.e. land grabbing via privatisation of public land – and property development are key characteristics of contradictory neoliberal planning of contemporary East Asian urbanism.

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Human Geography

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New Asian Urbanism, The Swedish School of Advanced Asia Pacific Studies (SSAAPS)
Lund Hansen, A. (PI)
2007/10/15 → 2009/10/14
Project: Research

9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CRITICAL GEOGRAPHIES
Lund Hansen, A. (Contributor)
2023 Oct 23 → 2023 Oct 29
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference

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Accumulation by Dispossession and Neoliberal Urban Planning: ‘Landing’ the Mega-Projects in Taipei

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New Asian Urbanism, The Swedish School of Advanced Asia Pacific Studies (SSAAPS)

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9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CRITICAL GEOGRAPHIES

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