Twenty years ago, geographer David Harvey described London’s redeveloped Docklands as a “landing strip for capital” from investors around the world. Today, Vancouver has joined London, New York, Sydney and other nodes of a world network of “Hedge Cities”—places to buy real estate to store capital as insurance against an uncertain future. How are cities and public policy reshaped by a world of transnational investment?

The Larry Bell Urban Forum is made possible by a generous donation by Larry Bell to the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia.

Date: Friday, September 23, 2016, 5–8:30 pm

Regular Admission: $5. Buy tickets on Eventbrite. Students are free with valid student ID but must reserve seats on Eventbrite.

Webcast: Free but reservations required. Reserve for webcast on Eventbrite.

Twitter: Comment and ask questions at #HedgeCity

Venue: Room 1900, SFU Vancouver (Harbour Centre), 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver

https://www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies/events/2016/09/mapping-the-hedge-city.html