Degrowth in the Suburbs A Radical Urban Imaginary /

• Main Authors: Alexander, Samuel (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Gleeson, Brendan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Human geography.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Human Geography.

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...