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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019. |
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
| Summary: | 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-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 enlightened material and energy restraint. |
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| Physical Description: | XI, 213 p. 1 illus. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9789811321313 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-981-13-2131-3 |
