Green Utopianism (eBook, ePUB)

Perspectives, Politics and Micro-Practices
Redaktion: Bradley, Karin; Hedrén, Johan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Utopian thought and experimental approaches to societal organization have been rare in the last decades of planning and politics. Instead, there is a widespread belief in ecological modernization, that sustainable societies can be created within the frame of the current global capitalist world order by taking small steps such as eco-labeling, urban densification, and recycling. However, in the context of the current crisis in which resource depletion, climate change, uneven development, and economic instability are seen as interlinked, this belief is increasingly being questioned and alternative developmental paths sought. This collection demonstrates how utopian thought can be used in a contemporary context, as critique and in exploring desired futures. The book includes theoretical perspectives on changing global socio-environmental relationships and political struggles for alternative development paths, and analyzes micro-level practices in co-housing, alternative energy provision, use of green space, transportation, co-production of urban space, peer-to-peer production and consumption, and alternative economies. It contributes research perspectives on contemporary green utopian practices and strategies, combining theoretical and empirical analyses to spark discussions of possible futures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135078416
• Artikelnr.: 40823705

Autorenporträt

Karin Bradley is Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Johan Hedrén is Senior Lecturer in Water and Environmental Studies at Linköping University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Utopian Thought in the Making of Green Futures Karin Bradley and Johan
Hedrén Part 1: The Politics of Science 2. Anthropocenic
Politicization: From the Politics of the Environment to Politicizing
Environments Erik Swyngedouw 3. A Feminist Project of Belonging for the
Anthropocene J.K. Gibson-Graham 4. Utopianism in Science: The Case of
Resilience Theory Johan Hedrén 5. Why Solar Panels Don't Grow on Trees:
Technological Utopianism and the Uneasy Relation Between Ecomarxism and
Ecological Economics Alf Hornborg Part 2: Transforming Politics and
Planning 6. Politicizing Planning Through Multiple Images of the Future
Ulrika Gunnarsson-Östling 7. Mobility Transitions: The Necessity of Utopian
Approaches Karolina Isaksson 8. Utopian Desires and Institutional Change
Meike Schalk 9. The Urban Park as "Paradise Contrived" Ylva Uggla 10.
Globalism, Particularism and the Greening of Neoliberal Energy Landscapes
Tom Mels Part 3: Changing Practices 11. Towards a Peer Economy: How Open
Source and Peer-to-Peer Architecture, Hardware, and Consumption Are
Transforming the Economy Karin Bradley 12. Autonomous Urbanisms and the
Right to the City: Squatting and the Production of the Urban Commons in
Berlin Alexander Vasudevan 13. Utopianism in the Architecture of New
Urbanism and Co-Housing Lucy Sargisson 14. Transition Delayed: The 1980s
Ecotopia of a Decentralized Renewable Energy System Martin Hultman 15.
R-URBAN: Strategies and Tactics for Participative Utopias and Resilient
Practices Constantin Petcou and Doina Petrescu