by Thierry Paquot · Editions La Découverte · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782707189547
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«Terre urbaine» is Thierry Paquot's essay on the planet's urban future, published by Editions La Découverte in paperback (248 pages, in French).
Starting from the premise that urbanisation has become a planetary phenomenon, the author examines its contradictory expressions: shantytowns, megalopolises, residential enclaves, global cities and diffuse urbanisation. He identifies five challenges for the future: land use in the face of agricultural land loss, mobility in an era of oil scarcity, basic urban comfort for all, renewed democratic governance and habitability that respects cultural diversity. Faced with ecological imbalances, he proposes an existential ecology that embraces individual and collective differences.
The book is part of the publisher's Poche essais collection.
Suitable for readers interested in urban philosophy, sociology and debates on the future of cities and the environment.
