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Walling the City (2014)
Book Chapter
MacLeod, D. (2014). Walling the City. In E. McCann, & R. Paddison (Eds.), Cities and social change : encounters with contemporary urbanism (130-147). SAGE Publications

This chapter explores the diverse ways in which contemporary cities in various parts of the world are being subjected to ‘walling’, particularly via processes of intensified physical and institutional segregation. It begins by revealing the notable h... Read More about Walling the City.

Living in the Anthropocene: Business as usual, or compassionate retreat? (2014)
Book Chapter
Brown, P. G., & Schmidt, J. J. (2014). Living in the Anthropocene: Business as usual, or compassionate retreat?. In T. W. Institute (Ed.), State of the world 2014 : governing for sustainability (63-71). Island Press/Center for Resource Economics. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-542-7_6

Human activity is changing the earth at a global scale. Atmospheric carbon dioxide reached 400 parts per million (ppm) in 2013, and there are no policies in place to prevent it from passing 450 ppm. This makes it highly unlikely that the 2009 Copenha... Read More about Living in the Anthropocene: Business as usual, or compassionate retreat?.