This article forwards the notion of “expulsionary urbanization” to explain processes of urban transformation in Pakistan against the backdrop of neoliberal regime of accumulation. The concept of expulsionary urbanization emphasizes that the production of new urban spaces is predicated on the theft of space, where one segment of the society appropriates space from another. On the one hand, expulsionary urbanization facilitates capital accumulation by creating new gated housing enclaves; on the other hand, it produces spatial estrangement for the marginalized groups. To delineate processes of spatial commodification, the article reintroduces the conceptual category of “subsumption of space” by capital, that is, capital’s drive to valorize itself by transforming land into a form of a fictitious capital.

JEL Classification: B51, B55, B50, B52, A14

本文提出“驱逐性城市化”的概念来解释新自由主义积累体制背景下巴基斯坦的城市转型过程。驱逐式城市化的概念强调新城市空间的产生是以空间盗窃为前提的，其中社会的一部分从另一部分挪用空间。一方面，驱逐式城市化通过创建新的封闭式住房飞地促进资本积累；另一方面，它对边缘化群体产生了空间隔阂。为了描绘空间商品化的过程，本文重新引入了资本“空间包容”的概念范畴，即资本通过将土地转化为虚拟资本的形式来实现自我增值的驱动力。

JEL 分类: B51, B55, B50, B52, A14