Resource instrumentalism, privatization, and commodification in Law, regulation, and geography. 2.
Water law in the USA has facilitated agricultural, industrial and urban growth through the interrelated processes of resource privatization and commodification. Legislatures and courts have been concerned with resolving the contradictions between
Lobster is big in Boston: postcards, place commodification, and tourism
of novelty cards conveyed images of Boston which did not refer to any particular geographical sites. These shifts are interpreted using the idea of place commodification and by situating tourism in the culture industry.
The challenge and response to global tourism in the post-modern era : the commodification, reconfiguration and mutual transformation of Habana Vieja, Cuba
Commodification ; Cuba ; Habana ; Perception of the urban environment ; Tourism ; Town ; Urban development
What’s in a name? Place branding and toponymic commodification
Commodification ; Contestation ; Economic geography ; Identity ; Image ; Marketing ; Place ; Place names
This article examines place branding and toponymic commodification. First, it discusses issues of endogenous and exogenous contestation that surround it. It concludes by discussing how the commodifying effects of places as brand names
From privatization to commodification: tenure conversion and new zones of transition in the city
Etude de la conversion de bail par l'achat de logements sociaux par des locataires en Angleterre: élément spécifique de la politique récente. Distinction entre la phase initiale de privatisation et la phase ultérieure appelée commodification, que
Commodification ; Ecosystem ; Embodiment ; Firm ; Midwest ; Seed ; Technology ; United States of America
In this paper, the A. argues that a Midwestern plant conservation science institution (MPCSI) challenges genetic commodification through distinct knowledge-making and social practices. He analyzes the socionatural implications of this institution’s
with commercial seed nurseries to illustrate how decommodification is integral to commodification. Finally, he argues that that although the MPCSI’s genetic restoration strategy necessitates limited market engagements, their scientific practices and institutional
China’s landed urbanization : neoliberalizing politics, land commodification, and municipal finance in the growth of metropolises
This article examines the neoliberalizing politics, land commodification, and municipal finance in the growth of metropolises (Guangzhou and Beijing). It demonstrates thatState and market do not function as two diametrically opposing and self
The slow advance and uneven penetration of commodification
Commodification ; Cultural studies ; Daily life ; Domestic service ; Service ; Spatial variation ; Town ; United Kingdom ; Urban district ; Way of life
Economic valuation and the commodification of ecosystem services
Bibliography ; Biodiversity ; Commodification ; Concept ; Economic value ; Ecosystem ; Environmental management ; Governance ; Service ; Society-environment relationship ; The 2000's
the institutional setup and broader sociopolitical processes that have become prominent since the late 1980s economic valuation is likely to pave the way for the commodification of ecosystem services with potentially counterproductive effects in the long term