La #privatisation sans précédent de la #ville la vide de sa diversité et la désurbanise donc : long texte de Saskia Sassen revenant sur un mouvement qu’elle juge inédit de reconfiguration.
But an examination of the current trends shows some significant differences and points to a whole new phase in the character and logics of foreign and national corporate acquisitions. (...)
The sharp scale-up in the buying of buildings (...)
The extent of new construction (...)
The spread of mega-projects with vast footprints (...)
The foreclosing on modest properties (...)
▻http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/24/who-owns-our-cities-and-why-this-urban-takeover-should-concern-us-all?C
The foreclosing on modest properties