Thomas Hickmann
Docent | Biträdande universitetslektor
Compound Urban Crises
Författare
Summary, in English
The crises that cities face—such as climate change, pandemics, economic downturn, and racism—are tightly interlinked and cannot be addressed in isolation. This paper addresses compound urban crises as a unique type of problem, in which discrete solutions that tackle each crisis independently are insufficient. Few scholarly debates address compound urban crises and there is, to date, a lack of interdisciplinary insights to inform urban governance responses. Combining ideas from complex adaptive systems and critical urban studies, we develop a set of boundary concepts (unsettlement, unevenness, and unbounding) to understand the complexities of compound urban crises from an interdisciplinary perspective. We employ these concepts to set a research agenda on compound urban crises, highlighting multiple interconnections between urban politics and global dynamics. We conclude by suggesting how these entry points provide a theoretical anchor to develop practical insights to inform and reform urban governance.
Avdelning/ar
- BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
- Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
Publiceringsår
2022
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1402-1415
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Ambio
Volym
51
Issue
6
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Human Geography
Nyckelord
- Cities
- Complex adaptive systems
- Compound urban crises
- Critical urban studies
- Governance
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0044-7447