Urban land rent :

Haila, Anne.

Urban land rent : Singapore as a property state / Anne Haila. - xxv, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-259) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Singapore as a Case and Comparison
European Classics and Western Theories
Asian Studies: A Focus on Villages
Urban Studies
The Developmental State, Asian Values and Rent-seeking
Singapore as a Property State
The Chapters
Notes
2.Ideologies of Land
Land Regimes
Debates on Genealogies
Philosophies of Property
Myths of Frontier and Homeownership
The Economic, Moral and Political Land Question
3.Economic Arguments: Rent Theory and Property Rights Theory
Concepts and Forms of Rent
Rent and Social Problems
Extending the Rent Concept
Property Rights Theory
Ambiguous Property Rights and the Market for Development Rights
Rent as a Social Relation
Urban Land Rent
4.Land Reforms: Practical Solutions and Politics of Land
Radicals and Moralists
Two Chinese Models of Land Reform
Modern Land Reform
Land Value Tax
Neoliberal Land Reforms
Contents note continued: From Revolutions to Pragmatism
5.Land Institutions and Housing
Land Institutions and the Second Round of Land Acquisitions
National and Urban Development
Housing the Nation
Housing Welfare
Private, Expatriate and Migrant Housing
Challenges
The Value of Public Land and Fiscalisation of Rent
6.Property Tycoons and Speculation
Rent-seeking
Property is a Hot Topic in Singapore
Rumours in Hong Kong
Conglomerates, Dynasties and Pension Funds
Private and Government-linked Companies in Singapore
Industrial Landscape and the Jurong Town Corporation
Private and Government Companies Sharing the Market
Transnational Property Companies
Capricious Landlords and Mean Developers: Absolute Rent
Land Without Speculation
7.Diversification of a Real Estate Portfolio: The World is Singapore's Hinterland
Safe Haven for Global Real Estate Flows
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Contents note continued: Singapore Colonising the World: Sovereign Wealth Funds
Real Estate Investment into Singapore
Property-minded People
Casinos and Singapore as the World's Wealth Management Centre
Global Rent and Racism in the Real Estate Market
8.Financial Crises and Real Estate
Financial Centres
Singapore and Hong Kong as Financial Centres
Nick Leeson and the Collapse of Barings
The IMF in Singapore
The Asian Crisis
Bangkok and Real Estate Speculation
Singapore and the Financial Crisis
The Financialisation of Land and Derivative Rent
9.Conclusion: The Land, Urban and Rent Question
The Regime of Regulating Public Land
The Land Question
The Urban Question
The Rent Question
Annex: Note on Data.

9781118827673 (pbk.)

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Land use, Urban--Singapore.
Rent--Singapore.
Real property--Singapore.
Urban policy--Singapore.
Real estate development--Singapore.

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