The third volume in the Essays on the Political Economy of Urban Form series ; Empower! addresses contemporary power relations and their effects on urban and natural landscapes in the age of the Anthropocene ; a nascent geological epoch defined by human activity. In order to better grasp the role of architecture and planning today ; the publication explores urban transformations through the added lens of political ecology. Understanding the political ; economic ; and social factors of humanity’s profound effects on the biosphere not only illuminates the interests underpinning environmental change ; but also points to more sustainable ways of securing the great amount of resources that rapid urbanization cannot be sustained without.weiterlesen