{"product_id":"9789811321306","title":"Degrowth in the Suburbs: A Radical Urban Imaginary","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDegrowth in the Suburbs: A Radical Urban Imaginary\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAlexander, Samuel; Gleeson, Brendan\u003c\/h2\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\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-10-11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789811321306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-981-13-2131-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 213.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45440921108620,"sku":"9789811321306","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789811321306.jpg?v=1766061667","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789811321306","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}