Degrowth in the Suburbs
Produktnummer:
184ca31964b55449e7ad6cf093fc285846
| Autor: | Alexander, Samuel Gleeson, Brendan |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | carbon budgets crisis degrowth eco-cities energy peak oil post-capitalism suburbia suburbs sufficiency |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 29.12.2018 |
| EAN: | 9789811347368 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 213 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Springer Singapore |
| Untertitel: | A Radical Urban Imaginary |
Produktinformationen "Degrowth in the Suburbs"
This book addresses a central dilemma of the urban age: how to make the vast suburban landscapes that ring the globe safe and sustainable in the face of planetary ecological crisis. The authors argue that degrowth, a planned contraction of economic overshoot, is the only feasible principle for suburban renewal. They depart from the anti-suburban sentiment of much environmentalism to show that existing suburbia can be the centre-ground of transition to a new social dispensation based on the principle of self-limitation. The book offers a radical new urban imaginary, that of degrowth suburbia, which can arise Phoenix like from the increasingly stressed cities of the affluent Global North and guide urbanisation in a world at risk. This means dispensing with much contemporary green thinking, including blind faith in electric vehicles and high-density urbanism, and accepting the inevitability and the benefits of planned energy descent. A radical but necessary vision for the times.
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