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Green utopianism :
Green utopianism : perspectives, politics and micro-practices
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- Bradley, Karin (editor)
- KTH,Urbana och regionala studier,Urban and Regional Studies, Royal Technical Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Hedrén, Johan, 1958- (editor)
- Linköpings universitet,Tema vatten i natur och samhälle,Filosofiska fakulteten
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- ISBN 9780415814447
- New York : Routledge, 2014
- English 290 s.
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Series: Routledge Studies in Environment, Culture, and Society
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- Utopian thought and experimental approaches to societal organization have been rare in the last decades of planning and politics. Instead, there is a widespread belief in ecological modernization, that sustainable societies can be created within the frame of the current global capitalist world order by taking small steps such as eco-labeling, urban densification, and recycling. However, in the context of the current crisis in which resource depletion, climate change, uneven development, and economic instability are seen as interlinked, this belief is increasingly being questioned and alternative developmental paths sought. This collection demonstrates how utopian thought can be used in a contemporary context, as critique and in exploring desired futures. The book includes theoretical perspectives on changing global socio-environmental relationships and political struggles for alternative development paths, and analyzes micro-level practices in co-housing, alternative energy provision, use of green space, transportation, co-production of urban space, peer-to-peer production and consumption, and alternative economies. It contributes research perspectives on contemporary green utopian practices and strategies, combining theoretical and empirical analyses to spark discussions of possible futures.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Environmental Studies
- Environment & the City
- Environment & Society
- Environment & Theory
- Urban Sociology
- Social Theory
- Urban Geography
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- vet (subject category)
- sam (subject category)
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