Urban Cascadia and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice

Herausgeber: Janos, Nik; McKendry, Corina

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Produktbeschreibung

"Urban Cascadia-roughly, the Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver corridor-enjoys a reputation for progressive ideals and forward-thinking green urbanism. Yet there is more to the region's environmental politics that meet the eye. Nik Janos and Corina McKendry propose an edited collection that examines the environmental transformation of these cities, using a critical lens on the surrounding myths and imaginaries to probe underlying structural inequalities and contradictions. In particular, contributors across disciplines (but along a nexus of geography, sociology, and history) seek to better understand the capitalist urbanization of nature, the creation of social and environmental inequalities, and the movements to fight for social and environmental justice. The goal isn't to debunk the region's image or offer a story of green boosterism. But by grappling with the contradictions of the urbanization of Cascadia, they hope to offer insight on sustainability, social justice, urban governance, and the politics of climate change. The idea to offer a one-stop assessment for those interested in the region, and to push for a more critical approach to narratives about sustainability"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780295749365
• ISBN-10: 0295749369
• Artikelnr.: 61343582

Autorenporträt

Nik Janos is associate professor of sociology at California State University, Chico. Corina McKendry is associate professor of political science and environmental studies at Colorado College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Urban Cascadia and the Green Imaginary
Nik Janos and Corina McKendry
Part 1. Urbanization
Chapter 1. Dwelling with the Entwined Ecotopian and Techno-utopian Legacies
of Cascadia
Jeffrey C. Sanders
Chapter 2. The Making of Urban Cascadia: Extending Urbanization through
Airplanes, Software, and Infrastructure
Nik Janos
Chapter 3. Infrastructural Wilderness: Seattle and the Binding of City and
Region
Thaisa Way and Ken P. Yocom
Chapter 4. Urbanization and Water Governance Dynamics in Bend and Hood
River, Oregon
Alida Cantor and Alexander Reid Ross
Part 2: Inequalities
Chapter 5. Tales of Three Cities: Urban History, Settler Colonialism, and
Indigenous Survivance in Seattle, Vancouver, and Victoria
Coll Thrush
Chapter 6. A History of Puyallup Fishing Resistance
Danica Miller
Chapter 7. Our River, Our Future: More-Than-Local Grassroots Activism in
the Portland Harbor
Erin Goodling
Chapter 8. The Progressive Promise of Reconcilliation in Vancouver's
Northeast False Creek
Giuseppe Tolfo
Part 3. Governance
Chapter 9. Against "Seattle-ization": Housing Justice and Activism in the
Age of Amazon
Jannifer L. Rice
Chapter 10. Conflicting Sustainabilities and the Limits of Localized Green
Governance
Corina McKendry
Chapter 11. Ecological Democracy and the Duwamish River Cleanup
Mark Purcell
Chapter 12. Drawing the Thin Green Line: Throwing a Wrench in Carbon
Commodity Chains
Corina McKendry and Nik Janos
Conclusion
Nik Janos and Corina McKendry
List of Contributors
Index