Housing Low-Income People in Globalizing Taipei

• Published in: Finisterra Vol. 60; no. 128
• Main Author: Chen, Yi-Ling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centro de Estudos Geográficos 01.04.2025; CEG
• Subjects: Artigos; GEOGRAPHY; mobilidade de políticas; Taipei; personas de bajos ingresos; Vivienda; cidade global; Taipéi; Housing; low-income people; global city; neoliberalización; policy mobility; Habitação; movilidad de políticas; pessoas de baixo rendimento; Taipé; ciudad global; neoliberalização; neoliberalization

The idea of “becoming a global city” has strongly influenced the urban policies in Taipei, since the 1990s. The Taipei City Government has implemented several mega projects in the city, claiming to improve Taipei’s global status, such as building the highest building in the world and creating a new...