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EPISODE · Oct 6, 2025 · 46 MIN

The Power Behind the Plans: Urban Planning and the Real Estate State

from Brick, Grass (&) Steel

In an interview with Samuel Stein, author of Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State, this episode explores how urban planning – often viewed, but seldom literally seen, as a neutral or technocratic practice – has historically played a central role in enabling inequality, displacement and segregation and how planners can reclaim their power to foster equity, resilience and justice in cities.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In an interview with Samuel Stein, author of Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State, this episode explores how urban planning – often viewed, but seldom literally seen, as a neutral or technocratic practice – has historically played a central role in enabling inequality, displacement and segregation and how planners can reclaim their power to foster equity, resilience and justice in cities.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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