The Case for Student Appropriation of University-Proximate Land Value

Author

Robyn Curts

Graduation Semester and Year

2016

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of City and Regional Planning

Department

City and Regional Planning

First Advisor

Enid Arvidson

Abstract

This thesis proposes an eclectic pairing of Henry George’s value capture theory and Marxist spatial theory as a possible space-based solution to the student debt crisis. The literature review section includes background on neoliberalism in public universities; student spending and debt; current policy proposals for alleviation of the debt crisis; and selected analysis of Georgist and Marxist theories, including the work of Henry George, Henri Lefebvre, and David Harvey. The paper includes a case study of the University of Texas at Austin that illustrates potential policy considerations and funds garnered by student appropriation of unearned increases in land value proximate to campuses.

Keywords

Henry George, Henri Lefebvre, Value capture, Student loans, Student debt, University land

Disciplines

Architecture | Urban, Community and Regional Planning

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

Recommended Citation

Curts, Robyn, "The Case for Student Appropriation of University-Proximate Land Value" (2016). Planning Theses. 26.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/planning_theses/26