摘要：This paper discusses a conceptual model for critically engaging with the effects of financialization on
contemporary cities. The current state of theory on financialization in the urban context focuses foremost
on the real estate sector activities, regulatory frameworks and governance structures that enable urban
financialization. The paper addresses the calls for a closer examination of the spatial patterns that
emerge from these practices. By combining financial ecologies as an analytical tool with infrastructure as
a perspective, it provides a conceptual model in order to understand the impacts of financialization on
cities. The paper discusses the conceptual model in the context of the introduction of the UK Municipal
Bonds Agency. It concludes by outlining some of the spatial effects of the UK’s changing financial
ecology of urban infrastructure.
