Degrowth in the Suburbs A Radical Urban Imaginary /

This book addresses a central dilemma of the urban age: how to make suburban landscapes sustainable in the face of planetary ecological crisis. The authors argue that degrowth, a planned contraction of overgrown economies, is the most coherent paradigm for suburban renewal. They depart from the anti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alexander, Samuel (Author), Gleeson, Brendan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : 2019.
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:
Sociology, Urban.
Human geography.
Urban Sociology.
Human Geography.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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