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Cities, Nature and Development - The Politics and Production of Urban Vulnerabilities (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Cities, Nature and Development - The Politics and Production of Urban Vulnerabilities (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this book
illustrates how and why cities are comprised by a mosaic of
vulnerable human and ecological communities. Case studies ranging
across various international settings reveal how 'urban
vulnerabilities' is an effective metaphor and analytic lens for
advancing political ecological theories on the relationships
between cities, nature and development. Contributions expand upon
conceptions of vulnerability as a static condition and instead
present vulnerability as a phenomenon that is produced through
complex and contentious planning histories, and which may, in turn,
be politicized, exploited and-in some instances-contested.
Expanding upon snapshot vulnerability assessments, this volume
articulates vulnerability as a process that is marked by the
accumulation of risk over time and the transference of risk across
space and populations. Moving beyond notions of vulnerability as a
singular, case studies demonstrate that social and ecological
vulnerabilities are deeply integrated and, as such, are irreducible
to one or the other. This volume also highlights how the production
of vulnerabilities is frequently achieved through integrated and
mutually reinforcing economic development and environmentally
driven agendas. This collection thus suggests that
vulnerability-and also forms of resilience-are implicated in
efforts to plan for and manage sustainable cities. This book
provides timely and provocative perspectives on a wide range of
urban issues including: park management, gentrification, suburban
expansion, sustainability planning, local organic food systems,
hazards management, climate change activism and north-south flows
of urban environmental externalities. Collectively, these works
reveal the complexities of urban vulnerabilities-related to scalar
interactions, accumulation and transfer of risk, politicization and
governance, and capacity for resistance-and in doing so, provide
readers with coherent, robust and well-theorized analysis of the
politics and production of urban vulnerabilities.
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