Zachary Hyde

I am an urban-economic geographer and sociologist who studies city governance, housing, and development. Across my research projects, I look at how the dynamics of capitalism play out on the ground through political struggles over the built environment, the meanings and ideas of social actors, and the histories and institutions of cities. In addition to my focus on urban politics, I conduct research on gentrification and the relationship between consumption and inequality. I also have an interest in social theory. I am currently working on two research projects. The first is on new purpose built rental housing in Canadian cities. The second is a comparative study of different forms of displacement in unaffordable cities.

Publications 

Hyde, Zachary. 2021. “Gift-Giving in the Neoliberal City: Polanyi’s Substantivism and the Exchange of Density for Affordable Housing in Vancouver,” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space (online ahead of print).

Hyde, Zachary. 2020. “‘Ethical’ Gentrification as a Preemptive Strategy: Social Enterprise, Restaurants and Resistance in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside,” Pp. 202-222 in A Recipe for Gentrification: Food, Power and Resistance in the City, edited by Alison Hope Alkon, Yuki Kato and Joshua Sbicca. New York City: New York University Press.

Hyde, Zachary. 2018. “Giving Back to Get Ahead: Altruism as a Developer Strategy of Accumulation Through Affordable Housing Policy in Toronto and Vancouver,” Geoforum (online ahead of print).

Hyde, Zachary. 2014. “Omnivorous Gentrification: Restaurant Reviews and Neighborhood Change in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver,” City & Community 13(4): 341-359.