Urban political ecology: a critical reconfiguration
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Publication Date
2022Journal Title
Progress in Human Geography
ISSN
0309-1325
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Volume
46
Issue
1
Pages
21-43
Language
en
Type
Article
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Gandy, M. (2022). Urban political ecology: a critical reconfiguration. Progress in Human Geography, 46 (1), 21-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325211040553
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Funder: H2020 European Research Council; FundRef: https://doi.org/10.13039/100010663
Abstract
<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>
Keywords
Articles, eco-criticism, evidentiary materialism, other-than-human geographies, urban ecological imaginaries, urban epidemiology, urban political ecology
Sponsorship
European research council
Funder references
European Research Council (340077)
Identifiers
10.1177_03091325211040553
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325211040553
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/333433
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