Overview

Since the field of Urban Political Ecology (UPE) emerged in the 1990s, it has focused on unsettling traditional understandings of the 'city' as an ontological entity separate from 'nature' or 'the environment'. This volume seeks to turn UPE's critical energies towards a politically engaging debate over what role extensive urbanization processes can and should play in addressing socio-environmental equality in the context of climate change. The collection brings together theoretical discussions and rigorous empirical analysis by key scholars spanning three generations, in order to move UPE squarely into current debates about urbanization and climate change. The editors put forth an integrated UPE agenda that is enriched, not split, by the expansion of the scope of its inquiry and well-suited to address contemporary environmental issues in theory and practice.

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'Turning up the heat is an ambitious book that delivers what it promises, a bringing together of the proliferating field of urban political ecology, to take stock, but moreover, to move on. It will function as inspiration for many and for years to come.' Henrik Ernstson, Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Manchester and Associate Professor in Urban Sustainability Studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology -- .

'Turning up the heat is an ambitious book that delivers what it promises, a bringing together of the proliferating field of urban political ecology, to take stock, but moreover, to move on. In a hotter world with increasing social inequality, it will function as inspiration for scholarship and political ecological action for many and for years to come.' Henrik Ernstson, Associate Professor and Docent in Political Ecology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Manchester ‘Turning up the heat makes a brilliant contribution to critical scholarship. Here is a rich and much-needed collection of cases and critiques that pushes us to theorise the urban from its margins. It demands creative modes of political thought and action to confront a world of environmental destruction, authoritarianism, and economic inequality.’ Malini Ranganathan, Associate Professor, American University, and co-author of Corruption Plots: Stories, Ethics, and Publics of the Late Capitalist City 'A pertinent contribution to UPE scholarship as it brings together a diversity of authors (from the global North and global South) to discuss theory and praxis in relation to what role urbanization could and should play in addressing socio-environmental equality within the context of climate change and related rifts. The volume is also a valuable literature to anyone: policymaker, practitioner or layperson, who wants to unpick further the nuances of the ‘urbanization of nature’ and ‘extended urbanization’, the role of past and present socio-economic factors and place in urban inequalities, and their significance for addressing our current climate emergency.' Hannah Lee, Environment & Urbanization -- .

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Maria Kaika is Professor in Urban and Environmental Planning at the University of Amsterdam Roger Keil is Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Studies at the University of York Tait Mandler is a PhD candidate in Anthropology and Urban Planning at the University of Amsterdam Yannis Tzaninis is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at the University of Amsterdam

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