Urban Eco-Communities in Australia Real Utopian Responses to the Eco
This book offers one of the first detailed anthropological studies of emergent ecotopianism in urban contexts. Engaging directly with debates on urbanisation, sustainability and utopia, it presents two detailed ethnographic case studies of inner urban Aus
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an EcoCommunities in Australia Real Utopian Responses to the Ecological Crisis or Niche Markets?
Urban Eco-Communities in Australia
Liam Cooper Hans A. Baer •
Urban Eco-Communities in Australia Real Utopian Responses to the Ecological Crisis or Niche Markets?
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Liam Cooper Melbourne, VIC Australia
Hans A. Baer School of Social Political Sciences University of Melbourne Parkville, VIC Australia
ISBN 978-981-13-1167-3 ISBN 978-981-13-1168-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1168-0
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Data Collection and Analysis 1.2 Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 Building the Future: Assaying Ecotopia in the Age of Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 Beware the Techno-Fix? Eco-Modernisation and the Commodification of Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Assaying Ecotopia: A Necessary Imposition in an Age of Ecological Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.1 The Ecotopian Moment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.2 Pursuing Real Ecotopias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.3 Blueprint, Process and Scale: The Dilemma of Intention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 A (Very) Brief History of Utopian Ex
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