Urban Climate Justice

Rice, Jennifer L,

ISBN 10: 0820363766 / ISBN 13: 9780820363769

Published by University of Georgia Press, US, 2023

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Urban Climate Justice
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press, US
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820363766
• ISBN 13: 9780820363769
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 5.9W x 0.7H x 8.4D inches 5.9 inches width by 0.7 inches height by 8.4 inches depth

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Jennifer L. Rice (Editor)
JENNIFER L. RICE is associate professor of geography and affiliate faculty at the Institute for Women’s 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.