Urban Climate Justice: Theory, Praxis, Resistance by Jennifer L. Rice (English)

Description: Urban Climate Justice by Jennifer L. Rice, Joshua Long, Anthony Levenda, Dietrich Thomas Bouma, Vanesa Castan Broto, Savannah Cox, Joan Fitzgerald, Sheila Foster, Kian Goh, Ping Huang Arguing that climate injustice is one of our most pressing urban problems, this volume explores the possibilities and challenges for more just urban futures under climate change. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Arguing that climate injustice is one of our most pressing urban problems, this volume explores the possibilities and challenges for more just urban futures under climate change. Whether the situation be displacement within cities through carbon gentrification or the increasing securitization of elite spaces for climate protection, climate justice and urban justice are intimately connected.Contributors to the volume build theoretical tools for interrogating the root causes of climate change, as well as policy failures. They also highlight knowledge produced within communities already seeking transformative change and demonstrate meaningful learning from activist groups working to address the socionatural injustices caused by the impact of climate change.The editors introduction situates our current climate emergency within historical processes of colonization, racial capitalism, and heteropatriarchy, while the editors conclusion offers pathways forward through abolition, care, and reparations. Where other books focus on the project of critique, this collection advances real-world politics to help academics, practitioners, and social justice groups imagine, create, and enact more just urban futures under climate change. Author Biography Jennifer L. Rice (Editor) JENNIFER L. RICE is associate professor of geography and affiliate faculty at the Institute for Womens Studies at the University of Georgia.Joshua Long (Editor) JOSHUA LONG is professor of environmental studies at Southwestern University.Anthony Levenda (Editor) ANTHONY LEVENDA is the director of the Center for Climate Action and Sustainability and a member of the faculty at the Evergreen State College. Review Cities are both sites of climate injustice and also potential spaces for revolutionary changes and equitable coexistence. Urban Climate Justice is a critically important book that invites, encourages, and showcases transformative pathways for more-just urban futures. In its careful curation of transnational case studies of climate urbanism, interdisciplinary theorizations, and praxis of grounded collaborations, the book demonstrates how climate justice and urban justice are intertwined and hold possibilities for secure, equal, and resilient futures on a changing planet. * coeditor of The Right to Water: Politics, Governance, and Social Struggles *Urban Climate Justice is a groundbreaking volume that centers the racial, capitalist, and settler colonial roots of climate injustice, while also forging pathways through abolitionist and actionable futures. A must for those invested in urban and environmental justice, this book tells us that, ultimately, transformative politics lie in a radical politics of redistribution, repair, and care. * coauthor of Corruption Plots: Stories, Ethics, and Publics of the Late Capitalist City *Urban Climate Justice offers a cutting-edge account of the intersections among urban justice and climate justice through a series of highly detailed, nuanced, and captivating case studies. The collection encompasses various new intellectual avenues that, as a whole, uncover how the contemporary climate challenge is embedded in a much wider set of political, economic and social infrastructures. * author of Energy Poverty: (Dis)Assembling Europes Infrastructural Divide * Promotional Essays that explore the links between climate justice and urban justice Long Description Arguing that climate injustice is one of our most pressing urban problems, this volume explores the possibilities and challenges for more just urban futures under climate change. Whether the situation be displacement within cities through carbon gentrification or the increasing securitization of elite spaces for climate protection, climate justice and urban justice are intimately connected. Contributors to the volume build theoretical tools for interrogating the root causes of climate change, as well as policy failures. They also highlight knowledge produced within communities already seeking transformative change and demonstrate meaningful learning from activist groups working to address the socionatural injustices caused by the impact of climate change. The editors introduction situates our current climate emergency within historical processes of colonization, racial capitalism, and heteropatriarchy, while the editors conclusion offers pathways forward through abolition, care, and reparations. Where other books focus on the project of critique, this collection advances real-world politics to help academics, practitioners, and social justice groups imagine, create, and enact more just urban futures under climate change. Promotional "Headline" Essays that explore the links between climate justice and urban justice Description for Reader Jennifer L. Rice (Editor) JENNIFER L. RICE is associate professor of geography and affiliate faculty at the Institute for Womens Studies at the University of Georgia. Joshua Long (Editor) JOSHUA LONG is professor of environmental studies at Southwestern University. Anthony Levenda (Editor) ANTHONY LEVENDA is the director of the Center for Climate Action and Sustainability and a member of the faculty at the Evergreen State College. Details ISBN0820363766 Short Title Urban Climate Justice Publisher University of Georgia Press Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 0820363766 ISBN-13 9780820363769 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-05-01 Subtitle Theory, Praxis, Resistance Series Number 57 Pages 284 Author Ping Huang Imprint University of Georgia Press Place of Publication Georgia Country of Publication United States Edited by Anthony Levenda AU Release Date 2023-05-01 NZ Release Date 2023-05-01 US Release Date 2023-05-01 UK Release Date 2023-05-01 DEWEY 307.76 Audience Professional & Vocational Series Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Alternative 9780820363776 Illustrations 2 Maps We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159729943;

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