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作者

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.42,Issue5,P.681-700

语言

英文

关键字

Land,financialization,eviction,displacement,development,urban governance,Bangladesh,Dhaka

作者单位

Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

摘要

This paper examines how high levels of eviction and displacement of the urban poor have arisen due to the financialization of land in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Focusing on the Meradia neighborhood of Dhaka, it employs a historical materialist framework to explore the ramifications of the financialization of land and resulting land grabbing. It is argued that the historical transformation of land into fictitious capital in Dhaka has led to heightened displacements and evictions of the urban poor, which have occurred largely through processes of land grabbing by land and real estate development corporations in Bangladesh. Further, it is argued that the municipal and national states play key roles in the displacement of the working poor in Dhaka by facilitating private land development, failing to enforce existing rules on land grabbing, and by having a paucity of urban housing policies and plans for the urban poor.KEYWORDS: Landfinancializationevictiondisplacementdevelopmenturban governanceBangladeshDhakaAcknowledgmentsI would like to thank Susanne Soederberg for her guidance and support on this piece. Thank you for the thoughtful and inciteful comments provided by two reviewers in the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Your time is so gratefully appreciated. I would also like to thank Dr Saleemul Huq, who warmly welcomed me to the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Dhaka in 2018 and 2019 and to Sarder Shafiqul Alam, also at ICCAD, whose guidance and deep knowledge on Dhaka allowed me to conduct this research. Finally, deep thanks to Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddique for his support and comments on this research, which felt like a collaborative effort. All errors are my own.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) under a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and the International Development Research Council (IDRC) [201711CGV-397023-296015];