The rise (and rise) of vertical studentification: Exploring the drivers of studentification in Australia

Mark Holton and Clare M. Mouat
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Mark Holton: University of Plymouth, UK
Clare M. Mouat: The University of Western Australia, Australia

Urban Studies, 2021, vol. 58, issue 9, 1866-1884

Abstract: The conditions for studentification are changing with increasing numbers of students living in high-rise – and high-quality – micro-apartment-style accommodation provided through purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) blocks. This ‘verticalisation’ of studentification is a global phenomenon, with Australia representing a frontier with distinctive geographies that result from its rapid ascension to the second-ranked global destination for international students. Yet, despite rising student numbers being recognised as positively impacting national and state economies, little is understood of how student accommodation development fits within the broader scheme of Australian urban revitalisation. To address this, we combine concepts relating to condo-ism and condo-isation to offer an original analytical framework that examines how PBSA has created new conditions through which vertical studentification can be produced in and of cities. We therefore ask how vertical studentification relates to wider Australian housing and urban development trends in ways that differentiate PBSA development and trajectories from other forms of accommodation. We also question how vertical studentification relates to the realities and regulation expressed as intra-urban geographies of Australian university cities and their resident-host communities. We argue that deliberately recognising and dovetailing several self-reinforcing and contradicting urban development dimensions invites a foundation for further interrogating vertical studentification in existing and emerging sites in Australia and beyond.

Keywords: Australia; condo-isation; condo-ism; higher education; purpose-built student accommodation; studentification; 澳大利亚; 公寓化 (Condo-isation); 公寓主义 (Condo-ism); 高等教育; ä¸“é—¨å»ºé€ çš„å­¦ç”Ÿå®¿èˆ; 学生化 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098020925246

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