Urban political ecology: a critical reconfiguration

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چکیده

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 series conceptual tensions that have only been partially explored. I consider six issues in particular: uncertain relations urban and biophysical sciences; emergence extended conceptions agency subjectivity; redefinition space, scale, realm; interest epidemiology; delineation ecological imaginaries; finally, evidentiary materialism as an alternative posthuman configuration to new materialist ontologies. conclude conceptually enriched could play enhanced role environmental research.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Progress in Human Geography

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['1477-0288', '0309-1325']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325211040553