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The Business of Densification. Distribution of Power, Wealth and Inequality in Swiss Policy Making

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BORIS DOI
10.7892/boris.145055
Date of Publication
2020
Publication Type
Article
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Geographisches Instit...

Author
Debrunner, Gabriela
Geographisches Institut der Universität Bern (GIUB)
Hengstermann, Andreas Heinrichorcid-logo
Geographisches Institut der Universität Bern (GIUB)
Gerber, Jean-Davidorcid-logo
Geographisches Institut der Universität Bern (GIUB)
Subject(s)

900 - History::910 - ...

300 - Social sciences...

Series
Town planning review
ISSN or ISBN (if monograph)
1478-341X
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Language
English
Publisher DOI
10.3828/tpr.2020.15
Uncontrolled Keywords

densification

densification policy

housing

social sustainability...

social justice

Description
In Switzerland, the fight against uncontrolled urban sprawl and the protection of agricultural land have a long tradition. To reconcile these concerns, the Swiss voting majority agreed to introduce densification as a legally binding policy objective in 2013. Simultaneously, however, densification processes have started to threaten the housing situation of low- and middle-income tenants due to higher rents following redevelopment. In this article, we argue that the Swiss way of implementing densification is characterised by a systematic bypassing of tenants’ needs for social sustainability in housing due to the current political priorities of the Swiss federal government. Using an institutionalist analysis approach and a qualitative case-study methodology, we analyse the institutional mechanisms and the actors’ rationale behind this emerging business of densification. Finally, we discuss the role of the nation state in the provision of the ‘right to housing’ for all income segments and its consequences for the country’s long-term sustainability performance.
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https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/201149
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