This paper addresses the potential for urban change in relation to rapid transitions and the 1.5 °C target. Interventions to achieve rapid urban transformation are typically framed in technical and economic terms. This means that the social and political conditions for rapid urban transformations may be overlooked. We address this gap by highlighting recent insights from sociology, human geography and urban studies that consider how the transformative potential of technical interventions is conditioned by social and political dynamics. The paper highlights three dimensions of such dynamics — the politics of governance, infrastructure and everyday practice — and proposes six areas where the understanding of the politics of rapid urban transformation can be improved.

本文探讨了与快速转变和1.5°C目标有关的城市变化潜力。为实现快速城市转型而进行的干预通常从技术和经济角度进行界定。这意味着可能会忽略快速城市转型的社会和政治条件。我们通过强调社会学，人文地理学和城市研究的最新见解来解决这一差距，这些见解考虑了技术干预措施的变革潜力如何受到社会和政治动态的制约。本文重点介绍了这种动态变化的三个方面-治理，基础设施和日常实践的政治-并提出了六个领域，可以增进对快速城市转型的政治的理解。