{"product_id":"environments-of-planetary-urbanization-paperback-1","title":"Environments of Planetary Urbanization - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeil Brenner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSwarnabh Ghosh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNikos Katsikis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat role do spaces beyond the city play in urbanization? How have such spaces been transformed during the geohistory of capitalism? This volume brings together texts collaboratively produced by three researchers in the Urban Theory Lab to address these questions. Planetary urbanization is understood here not only with reference to the global expansion and proliferation of cities, but as an evolving web of metabolic relations between cities and the diverse operational landscapes that support them across the earth. Through studies of operational landscapes in various regions of the world and critical analyses of inherited approaches to urban theory, the authors portray capitalist urbanization as a metabolic monstrosity that degrades the biospheric foundations of both human and nonhuman life. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConceptualizes planetary urbanization as a thickening web of relations between cities and operational landscapes \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCritically evaluates and updates urban theory in relation to contemporary planetary environmental transformations and crises \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes the essential role of mining, agriculture, and logistics in the dynamics of capitalist urbanization \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Brenner\u003c\/b\u003e is the Lucy Flower Professor of Urban Sociology, chair of the Committee on Environment, Geography, and Urbanization (CEGU), and director of the Urban Theory Lab at the University of Chicago\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e He edited \u003cem\u003eImplosions\/Explosions: Towards a Study of Planetary Urbanization\u003c\/em\u003e (JOVIS, 2014).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSwarnabh Ghosh\u003c\/b\u003e is a PhD candidate at Harvard University working at the convergence of critical geography and environmental history. His writings have appeared in\u003cem\u003e Critical Historical Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Dialogues in Human Geography\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEnvironment and Planning A\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUrban Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikos Katsikis\u003c\/b\u003e is an urbanist working at the intersection of urbanization theory, design, and geospatial analysis. He is an assistant professor of urbanism at TU Delft, where he coleads the Critical Environments group, and an affiliated researcher with the Urban Theory Lab at the University of Chicago. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47533153976569,"sku":"9783986122096","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/VhjPlDAfp09783986122096_14c35855-b4c3-4ca6-ad88-d7c93ea13c01.webp?v=1773867351","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/environments-of-planetary-urbanization-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}