Rivke Jaffe

Concrete Jungles

Urban Pollution and the Politics of Difference in the Caribbean

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Concrete Jungles explores the hidden geographies of injustice in the Caribbean islands, demonstrating how mainstream environmentalism reflects and reproduces racial and economic inequalities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780190273590
• ISBN-10: 0190273593
• Artikelnr.: 47863252

Autorenporträt

Rivke Jaffe is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Urban Studies at the University of Amsterdam.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Caribbean Cities in Comparative Perspective
Chapter Three: Excavating the Traces of Empire
Chapter Four: Fragmented Cities
Chapter Five: Urban Naturalisms: Pollution, Space and Power
Chapter Six: Uptown Environmentalism
Chapter Seven: Downtown Environmentalism
Chapter Eight: Coda