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Coviability of Social and Ecological Systems: Reconnecting Mankind to the Biosphere in an Era of Global Change
This second volume is the work of more than 55 authors from 15 different disciplines and includes complex systems science which studies the viability of components, and also the study of empirical situations. As readers will discover, the coviability of social and ecological systems is based on the contradiction between humanity, which adopts finalized objectives, and the biosphere, which refers to a ecological functions. We see how concrete situations shed light on the coviability’s determinants, and in this book the very nature of the coviability, presented as a concept-paradigm, is defined in a transversal and ontological ways. By adopting a systemic approach, without advocating any economic dogma (such as development) or dichotomizing between humans and nature, while emphasizing what is relevant to humans and what is not, this work neutrally contextualizes man’s place in the biosphere. It offers a new mode of thinking and positioning of the ecological imperative, and will appeal to all those working with social and ecological systems.
Emerging Urban Spaces
This edited collection critically discusses the relevance of, and the potential for identifying conceptual common ground between dominant urban theory projects – namely Neo-Marxian accounts on planetary urbanization and alternative ‘Southern’ post-colonial and post-structuralist projects. Its main objective is to combine different urban knowledge to support and inspire an integrative research approach and a conceptual vocabulary which allows understanding the complex characteristics of diverse emerging urban spaces. Drawing on in-depth case study material from across the world, the different chapters in this volume disentangle planetary urbanization and apply it as a research framework to the context-specific challenges faced by many `ordinary' urban settings. In addition, through their focus on both Northern- and Southern urban spaces, this edited collection creates a truly global perspective on crucial practice-relevant topics such as the co-production of urban spaces, the ‘right to diversity’ and the ‘right to the urban’ in particular local settings.
Cidade Ilegal
Este livro discute o (i)legal, (in)formal, (ir)regular, termos que apontam para aspectos constituintes da cidade terceiro-mundista contemporânea, em particular no que diz respeito ao acesso à terra, inclusive os marcos regulatórios estabelecidos no que recentemente foi denominado direito urbanístico. No Brasil, esses marcos têm se desenvolvido, nas últimas duas décadas, com a Constituição de 1988 e o Estatuto da Cidade de 2001, entre outros. A obra apresenta dez capítulos de interesse para estudiosos urbanos em geral. Dois capítulos – o primeiro e o último – são contribuições teórico-concentuais mais gerais. O pano de fundo para os demais, no entanto, é a realidade brasileira, mas também inclui análises mais detidas de cidades como São Paulo, Belém e Maceió.
Planetary Mine
A clarion call to rethink natural resource extraction beyond the extractive industries Planetary Mine rethinks the politics and territoriality of resource extraction, especially as the mining industry becomes reorganized in the form of logistical networks, and East Asian economies emerge as the new pivot of the capitalist world-system. Through an exploration of the ways in which mines in the Atacama Desert of Chile—the driest in the world—have become intermingled with an expanding constellation of megacities, ports, banks, and factories across East Asia, the book rethinks uneven geographical development in the era of supply chain capitalism. Arguing that extraction entails much more than the mere spatiality of mine shafts and pits, Planetary Mine points towards the expanding webs of infrastructure, of labor, of finance, and of struggle, that drive resource-based industries in the twenty-first century.
Henri Lefebvre and the Theory of the Production of Space
Shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize 2023 This book presents an encompassing, detailed and thorough overview and reconstruction of Lefebvre's theory of space and of the urban. Henri Lefebvre belongs to the generation of the great French intellectuals and philosophers, together with his contemporaries Michel Foucault and Jean-Paul Sartre. His theory has experienced a remarkable revival over the last two decades, and is discussed and applied today in many disciplines in humanities and social sciences, particularly in urban studies, geography, urban sociology, urban anthropology, architecture and planning. Lefebvre, together with David Harvey, is one of the leading and most read theoret...
The Global Challenge and Marginalization
Marginality is often seen as a reflection of division, in which there is an unequal relationship of economic and political power between two extremes. In this way, it is a common thing to find oppositional couples, like North/South, Rich/Poor, Homogenous/Heterogenous, Centre/Periphery, Inclusion/Exclusion, Developed/Underdeveloped, and New/Old, in much of the literature dealing with marginality. These oppositions come about out of a socially and politically unbalanced society which is organised according to the differentiation of individuals in a hierarchical, exclusionary fashion. In this book there are 25 chapters, written by 36 academics from 27 universities located in 14 countries and in 4 continents on this fascinating subject matter.
Bio(Socio)Diversidade e Pluralidade na Amazônia Sul Oriental
O livro Bio(Socio)Diversidade e Pluralidade na Amazônia Sul Oriental é formado por uma coletânea de pesquisas desenvolvidas no âmbito dos programas de pós-graduação da Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará (Unifesspa), que discutem diferentes temas relacionados à Amazônia Sul Oriental.
Extended Urbanisation
Extended methods of analysis for urbanisation processes illustrated in eight world regions. Urbanisation processes are unfolding far beyond the realm of agglomerations, profoundly transforming agrarian areas, rain forests, deserts and oceans. Inextricably bound to the earth’s ecologies, these developments are causing manifold planetary crises which require urgent scrutiny and call for new conceptions and cartographies of the urban beyond-the-city. Through detailed analysis and fieldwork captured in text, photographs and hand-drawn maps, the book portrays the effects of extended urbanisation in eight world regions. It offers a redefinition of the very notions of the “city”, “urban” and “urbanisation” and outlines new urban agendas developed to address planetary challenges. This book decenters the perspective on the urban, foregrounds urban struggle, and transcends rural-urban and north-south divides. Fundamental book for urbanism studies Redefinition of the terms “city”, “urban” and “urbanisation” Analysis of urbanisation processes in eight world regions
Estudos Geográficos E Cartografias Na Amazônia Oriental
O livro Estudos Geográficos e Cartografias na Amazônia Oriental, produzido pelo Grupo Acadêmico Produção do Território e Meio Ambiente (GAPTA), que, no ano de 2022 completa 20 anos de existência, ligado ao Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) e à Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), contém capítulos escritos por diversos pesquisadores e nos deixa dois belos desafios: sua leitura e as interpretações desta leitura. Os pesquisadores, que compõem este livro, aceitaram estes desafios e estão presentes neste momento tão importante para a Ciência, para nos ajudar a analisar seus diferentes temas e suas diversas visões científicas, com vistas à c...
