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As climate change accelerates and urbanization intensifies, our need for more sustainable and livable cities has never been more urgent. Yet, the imaginary of a flourishing urban ecofuture is often driven by a specific version of sustainability that is tied to both high-tech futurism and persistent economic growth. What kinds of sustainable futures are we calling forth, and at what and whose expense? In Reimagining the More-Than-Human City, Jamie Wang attempts to answer these questions by critically examining the sociocultural, political, ethical, and affective facets of human-environment dynamics in the urban nexus, with a geographic focus on Singapore.

Book talk: with the Greenhouse Centre for Environmental Humanities, University of Stavanger.

Endorsements

“By examining the various human and nonhuman agents that have co-shaped Singapore’s urban development, Wang breaks new ground and opens up space for imagining more socioecologically diverse and inclusive urban futures.”
— Creighton Paul Connolly, Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, University of Hong Kong

“In this rich and insightful study, Jamie Wang uses Singapore as a laboratory to extend our understanding of the more-than-human city. Wang shows that Singapore’s drive to be a global exemplar for ‘green urbanism’ is rooted in an authoritarian discourse of ecological, social, and spatial control.”
— Matthew Gandy, Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge; author of Natura Urbana

“Jamie Wang offers us a powerful way of counter-imagining the modern city in the Anthropocene: this is a book of hope and creativity as well as critical insight.
— Emily Potter, Professor in Literary Studies and Associate Head of School (Research), School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University

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