ABSTRACT

This paper accepts Ecologism’s basic argument that sustainable existence implies radical change in our relationship with the nonhuman world and in our social and political lives, and seeks to ascertain what ecologism implies for the city. The social and political aspects involved in transitioning a city to sustainable patterns are analyzed by scrutinizing three facets of the relationship between cities and the natural environment. The paper concludes with an analysis of the political and normative implications of these relations and argues that transitioning cities into sustainable patterns requires a more profound civic politics of urban sustainability.

摘要

本文接受生态学的基本论点，即可持续存在意味着我们与非人类世界的关系以及我们的社会和政治生活的根本变化，并力求确定生态学对城市意味着什么。通过仔细研究城市与自然环境之间关系的三个方面，分析了将城市转变为可持续模式所涉及的社会和政治方面。本文最后对这些关系的政治和规范含义进行了分析，并指出，将城市转变为可持续发展模式需要更深刻的城市可持续发展公民政治。