Degrowth in the Suburbs

A Radical Urban Imaginary

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvSamuel Alexander,Brendan Gleeson

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-12-29
Mått148 x 210 x 15 mm
Vikt302 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor213
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789811347368

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Samuel Alexander is Research Fellow with the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and lecturer with the Office for Environmental Programs, University of Melbourne, Australia. His books include Prosperous Descent: Crisis as Opportunity in an Age of Limits (2015) and Wild Democracy: Degrowth, Permaculture, and the Simpler Way (2017). Brendan Gleeson is Director of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia. His books include The Urban Condition (2014) and Australian Heartlands: Making Space for Hope in the Suburbs (2006).

Acknowledgement.- Foreword.- Chapter 1 Reimagining the Suburbs beyond Growth.- Chapter 2 Carbon Suburbia and the Energy Descent Future.- Chapter 3 Light Green Illusions and the ‘Blind Field’ of Techno-Optimism.- Chapter 4 Resettling Suburbia: A Post-Capitalist Politics ‘From Below’.- Chapter 5 Unlearning Abundance: Suburban Practices of Energy Descent.- Chapter 6 Degrowth in the Suburbs: Envisioning a Prosperous Descent.- Chapter 7 Regoverning the City: Policies for a New Economy.- Chapter 8 A New Suburban Condition Dawns.- Index.