Degrowth in the suburbs: a radical urban imaginary

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 subur...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alexander, Samuel 1979- (Author), Gleeson, Brendan 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore Palgrave Macmillan [2019]
Subjects:
Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary: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.
Physical Description:xi 213 Seiten 1 Illustration
ISBN:9789811321306

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Indexes