Urban political ecology: a critical reconfiguration
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2021-11-07Journal Title
Progress in Human Geography
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0309-1325
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SAGE Publications
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Gandy, M. (2021). Urban political ecology: a critical reconfiguration. Progress in Human Geography https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325211040553
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<jats:p> Urban political ecology now finds itself at a crossroads between gradual marginalization or renewed intellectual impetus. Despite some recent critical re-evaluations of the field, there remain a series of conceptual tensions that have only been partially explored. I consider six issues in particular: the uncertain relations between urban political ecology and the biophysical sciences; the emergence of extended conceptions of agency and subjectivity; the redefinition of space, scale, and the urban realm; renewed interest in urban epidemiology; the delineation of urban ecological imaginaries; and finally, the emergence of evidentiary materialism as an alternative posthuman configuration to new materialist ontologies. I conclude that a conceptually enriched urban political ecology could play an enhanced role in critical environmental research. </jats:p>
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European research council
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European Research Council (340077)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325211040553
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