FROM GLOBALIZING TAIPEI TO LEARNING AMSTERDAM: Referencing as a Politicizing Strategy for Urban Development in Taiwan

• Published in: International journal of urban and regional research Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 111 - 125
• Main Authors: Chen, Yi‐Ling, Rietdijk, Chantalle Elisabeth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.01.2025; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Affordability; affordable housing; Case studies; Democratization; Developmentalism; Discourse; Geopolitics; Global cities; global city; Housing policy; Mobility; Neoliberalism; Policy making; policy mobility; Politics; Property; Public housing; Research methodology; Research methods; social housing; Social justice; social movement; Transformation; Urban areas; Urban development; Urban policy

This article examines the transformation of urban referencing in Taipei City after democratization, using policy mobility theories and case study research methods to ‘follow policy changes’ over three decades. It argues that geopolitical considerations in the 1990s prompted Taipei to adopt the globa...