Mi Shih is an Associate Professor and Program Director in the Urban Planning and Policy Development Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Her research centers on the intersection of the politics of land development, the state's engagement in financial and regulatory techniques of governance, democratic participation, and urban spatial-economic transformation. She employs a mixed-methods approach. Her recent research focuses on how various urban land development instruments, such as land readjustment, air rights tools, and density bonusing, enable the state to expand the private real estate property market while simultaneously deepening its governance in several key areas, such as social housing provision and experimentation, infrastructure repair and building, and the legitimization of the developmental agenda in Taiwan.

Kathe Newman is a Professor in the Urban Planning and Policy Development Program and Director of the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Her research has explored affordable housing and housing insecurity, processes of financialization, land development, governance, gentrification, foreclosure, urban redevelopment, food security, and community participation. She has published articles in Urban Studies, Cityscape, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Urban Affairs Review, Shelterforce, Progress in Human Geography, Urban Geography, Housing Studies, GeoJournal, and Environment and Planning A. She is an associate editor at Environment and Planning A and the co-book review editor for the Journal of Urban Affairs.

Introduction. The Politics of Land and Value: Case Studies From Across the Globe 1. Liquid Assets: Riverfront Development, Ecological Value, and the Case of Lincoln Yards 2. Intensification and Land Value Capture in Toronto: Contested Practices, Discretionary Approaches, and Multi-Level Governance Realities 3. Planning Narratives and Development Realities: Value Creation and Contestation in Urbanizing Jiufenzi in Tainan City, Taiwan 4. Subsidizing Sunset: Transformations of Land, Value, and Planning in Post-Handover Hong Kong 5. From Land Prices to Construction Deficits: Understanding Housing Overappreciation in Santiago 6. Fulfillment Prophecy: Readying Land for Amazon's Expansion in South Suburban Chicago 7. Civic Mobilization and Public Land in West Philadelphia's Mantua Neighborhood 2013-2023 8. Transforming Treasure Hill: Socially Produced Landscapes, the Politics of Land, and Value Contestation 9. Land Value Creation, Capture, and Transformation: Housing Decommodification and Cohousing in Vancouver Conclusion. City's Social Futures: Transforming the Politics of Land and Value