Sustainable Futures for Climate Adaptation: Wearing Our Ecology

Sustainable Futures for Climate Adaptation argues that we must radically adapt humanity and reform society, cities, buildings, and our approach to migration to coexist in harmony with our natural environments. Benedict Anderson explores the concept of 'wearing our ecology' where human mobility is synchronized with the environment, merging people with landscapes, topographies, and geographies. We need to create new migration routes and establish flexible and adaptive living environments to forge a closer partnership with nature and adapt to climate change.

Format: Hardback
Length: 220 pages
Publication date: 11 December 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Sustainable Futures for Climate Adaptation challenges the notion of sustainability as a flawed and restrictive term in practice, advocating for a radical shift in human behavior and societal structures to coexist harmoniously with our natural environments. The book proposes an Earth-human coexistence where regions are shared globally among all people, in contrast to the current disconnectedness from nature that has led us to the brink of climate disaster. Benedict Anderson explores the concept of "wearing our ecology," where human mobility is synchronized with the environment, merging people with landscapes, topographies, and geographies. He argues for the creation of new migration routes and flexible living environments to facilitate movement between the Global South and North. By rethinking separations between urban and rural areas, resource extraction and consumption, racial prejudice, and accessibility, we can forge a closer partnership with nature to adapt to climate change and mitigate its severe effects.

The book addresses themes such as adaptive urban design, racial and gender segregation and inequality, and climate apocalypticism, making it valuable reading for researchers, scholars, and upper-level students in urban studies, migration studies, human geography, ecology, politics, and design.

Weight: 589g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032438627