Urban Growth and Social Movements in Asia

Thursday, September 22, 2022
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM (Eastern Time)

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About the Event

Asian countries have grown at a record-setting pace this century, generating enormous economic growth and becoming hubs of creativity and cosmopolitanism for millions of residents, but also resulting in displacement of lower-income residents and unequal distribution of wealth. In some places, this has led to protests and the emergence of new social movements proclaiming the rights to housing, to subsistence, and “to the city.” Professor Hyun Bang Shin [Shin, Hyun Bang], a professor of geography and urban studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science and director of Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, will share his analysis from years of studying urban development and anti-gentrification movements in Asian cities, especially those in South Korea, China, and Southeast Asia. His discussant will be Duke Law Professor Qiao Shitong, who is an expert on property rights in China.

About the speaker

Hyun Bang Shin is professor of geography and urban studies and director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research centers on the political economy of urbanization, politics of displacement, gentrification, housing, the right to the city, urban spectacles, and speculative urban-ism with particular attention to cities in Asia. Professor Shin is editor of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research and a trustee of the Urban Studies Foundation...