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11 Extending the boundaries of ‘urban society’

The urban political ecologies and pathologies of Ebola virus disease in West Africa
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Abstract

A disease outbreak is an emergent product of social and ecological processes. To more fully understand disease outbreaks and their response, we must therefore consider how these dual processes interact in specific locales within the context of an increasingly urbanised world. As such, in this paper we examine the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak and its response in West Africa by adopting the lenses of two approaches that are usually treated separately – namely, urban political ecology (UPE) and urban political pathology (UPP). The UPE approach sheds light on how the material/biophysical basis of the EVD outbreak was influenced by the socio-political-economic and vice versa. The UPP approach gives us insight into how the EVD response was influenced by broader socio-political-economic forces, particularly the historical legacy of colonialism. Through the adoption of this dual lens we are able to gain greater insights and a more comprehensive understanding of the EVD outbreak and response in West Africa.

Abstract

A disease outbreak is an emergent product of social and ecological processes. To more fully understand disease outbreaks and their response, we must therefore consider how these dual processes interact in specific locales within the context of an increasingly urbanised world. As such, in this paper we examine the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak and its response in West Africa by adopting the lenses of two approaches that are usually treated separately – namely, urban political ecology (UPE) and urban political pathology (UPP). The UPE approach sheds light on how the material/biophysical basis of the EVD outbreak was influenced by the socio-political-economic and vice versa. The UPP approach gives us insight into how the EVD response was influenced by broader socio-political-economic forces, particularly the historical legacy of colonialism. Through the adoption of this dual lens we are able to gain greater insights and a more comprehensive understanding of the EVD outbreak and response in West Africa.

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  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of figures vii
  4. List of contributors ix
  5. Acknowledgements xvi
  6. Prologue xix
  7. Introduction 1
  8. I Extended urbanisation 35
  9. 1 Capital’s natures 37
  10. 2 Urban political ecology versus ecological urbanism 56
  11. 3 Towards the urban-natural 67
  12. 4 Circuits of extraction and the metabolism of urbanisation 91
  13. 5 Hinterlands of the Capitalocene 105
  14. II Situated urban political ecologies 127
  15. 6 The case for reparations, urban political ecology, and the Black right to urban life 129
  16. 7 Urban climate change and feminist political ecology 143
  17. 8 Nairobi’s bad natures 159
  18. 9 Situating suburban ecologies in the Global South 169
  19. 10 Infrastructure beyond the modern ideal 186
  20. III More-than-human urban political ecologies and relational geographies 205
  21. 11 Extending the boundaries of ‘urban society’ 207
  22. 12 In formation 222
  23. 13 Insurgent earth 244
  24. IV Addressing disjunctions between policy, politics, and academic debate 263
  25. 14 Populist political ecologies? Urban political ecology, authoritarian populism, and the suburbs 265
  26. 15 Greenwashing and greywashing 284
  27. 16 The peasant way or the urban way? Why disidentification matters for emancipatory politics 302
  28. 17 Urbanising islands 319
  29. 18 The circular economy of cities 333
  30. Epilogue 347
  31. Index 358
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https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526168016.00021

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of figures vii
  4. List of contributors ix
  5. Acknowledgements xvi
  6. Prologue xix
  7. Introduction 1
  8. I Extended urbanisation 35
  9. 1 Capital’s natures 37
  10. 2 Urban political ecology versus ecological urbanism 56
  11. 3 Towards the urban-natural 67
  12. 4 Circuits of extraction and the metabolism of urbanisation 91
  13. 5 Hinterlands of the Capitalocene 105
  14. II Situated urban political ecologies 127
  15. 6 The case for reparations, urban political ecology, and the Black right to urban life 129
  16. 7 Urban climate change and feminist political ecology 143
  17. 8 Nairobi’s bad natures 159
  18. 9 Situating suburban ecologies in the Global South 169
  19. 10 Infrastructure beyond the modern ideal 186
  20. III More-than-human urban political ecologies and relational geographies 205
  21. 11 Extending the boundaries of ‘urban society’ 207
  22. 12 In formation 222
  23. 13 Insurgent earth 244
  24. IV Addressing disjunctions between policy, politics, and academic debate 263
  25. 14 Populist political ecologies? Urban political ecology, authoritarian populism, and the suburbs 265
  26. 15 Greenwashing and greywashing 284
  27. 16 The peasant way or the urban way? Why disidentification matters for emancipatory politics 302
  28. 17 Urbanising islands 319
  29. 18 The circular economy of cities 333
  30. Epilogue 347
  31. Index 358
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