{"product_id":"degrowth-in-the-suburbs-a-radical-urban-imaginary-paperback","title":"Degrowth in the Suburbs: A Radical Urban Imaginary - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamuel Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrendan Gleeson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses a central dilemma of the urban age: how to make the vast suburban landscapes that ring the globe safe and sustainable in the face of planetary ecological crisis. The authors argue that degrowth, a planned contraction of economic overshoot, is the only feasible principle for suburban renewal. They depart from the anti-suburban sentiment of much environmentalism to show that existing suburbia can be the centre-ground of transition to a new social dispensation based on the principle of self-limitation. The book offers a radical new urban imaginary, that of degrowth suburbia, which can arise Phoenix like from the increasingly stressed cities of the affluent Global North and guide urbanisation in a world at risk. This means dispensing with much contemporary green thinking, including blind faith in electric vehicles and high-density urbanism, and accepting the inevitability and the benefits of planned energy descent. A radical but necessary vision for the times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses a central dilemma of the urban age: how to make suburban landscapes sustainable in the face of planetary ecological crisis. The authors argue that degrowth, a planned contraction of overgrown economies, is the most coherent paradigm for suburban renewal. They depart from the anti-suburban sentiment of much environmentalism to show that existing suburbia can be the centre-ground of transition to a new social dispensation based on the principle of enlightened material and energy restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Fellow with the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and lecturer with the Office for Environmental Programs, University of Melbourne, Australia. His books include \u003ci\u003eProsperous Descent: Crisis as Opportunity in an Age of Limits\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and \u003ci\u003eWild Democracy: Degrowth, Permaculture, and the Simpler Way\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrendan Gleeson\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Urban Condition\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eAustralian Heartlands: Making Space for Hope in the Suburbs\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 213\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51793318838560,"sku":"9789811347368","price":45.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2af71065946d36611239369d2d766265.webp?v=1780718560","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/degrowth-in-the-suburbs-a-radical-urban-imaginary-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}