Cities in the Anthropocene : new ecology and urban politics / Ihnji Jon.

By: Jon, Ihnji [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2021Description: x, 197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780745341507 (pbk.)Subject(s): Cities and towns | Urban policy | Sustainable development | Human ecologyDDC classification: 307.76 JON Summary: Based on the author's site visits and interviews in Australia, the US, and South Africa, this book tells the story of how cities can lead a transformative pro-environment politics. National governments often fail to make binding agreements that bring about radical actions for the environment. This book shows how cities, as local sites of mobilizing a collective, political agenda, can be frontiers for activating the kind of environmental politics that appreciates the role of 'nature' in the everyday functioning of our urban life.
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Based on the author's site visits and interviews in Australia, the US, and South Africa, this book tells the story of how cities can lead a transformative pro-environment politics. National governments often fail to make binding agreements that bring about radical actions for the environment. This book shows how cities, as local sites of mobilizing a collective, political agenda, can be frontiers for activating the kind of environmental politics that appreciates the role of 'nature' in the everyday functioning of our urban life.

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