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Producing Localized Commodity Frontiers at the End of Cheap Nature: An Analysis of Eco‐scalar Carbon Fixes and their Consequences
There is no single ‘great’ commodity frontier whose exploitation under current socio‐technical conditions could fuel capital accumulation at the global scale. According to Jason Moore, this represents the ‘end of Cheap Nature’ and signals a terminal crisis for capitalism as we know it. In this article we...
Metropolitan Strategies and Climate Governance: Towards New Evaluative Approaches
In the new millennium, cities have become an emerging force among new forms of subnational climate governance. Of interest is how cities act unilaterally and directly in this new climate politics via the provision of relevant tools. Since metropolitan planning strategies have been considered as important mechanisms...
Weeds, Pheasants and Wild Dogs: Resituating the Ecological Paradigm in Postindustrial Detroit
The Chicago School of urban sociology has been criticized for its over‐reliance on organic and ecological metaphors. We propose that a useful updated integration of urban sociology and ecology could be achieved with the aid of complementary concepts, such as patch dynamics and assemblage, from both fields. In this...
SEPTEMBER ISSUE
Ghazipur Landfi ll, Delhi, India (photo © Seth Schindler, 2011);
Detail from a vision of a model city in the Visions and Pathways 2040 project depicting ‘Visions, Scenarios and Pathways for Low-Carbon Resilient Futures in Australian Cities’ (© Simon Cookes, Victorian Eco Innovation Lab [VEIL] and the CRC for Low Carbon Living [CRCLCL], 2014);
East Side Wildflower Meadow, Detroit, Michigan, USA (photo © Paul Draus, July 2018)