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Abstract Cities have become important actors in international relations, and integral to security and environmental politics. We are living in an increasingly urban world, dominated by human settlements and activities. T...

Surprisingly, although the term “Anthropocene” belongs to a geological taxonomy, it was categorically rejected by the scientific community of geologists. Their verdict was that we cannot grant the human species a geo...

Population growth debates often posit that depopulation would reduce ecological strains. We explore that premise through the case of Japan, where population decline coincides with rising affluence, dietary change, and gr...

The paper analyses the legally established practice of agriculture has been forced out of the urban environment as land value increases with higher population densities. It’s stated, that cities and surrounding urban e...

Crisis representation within the field of literary studies increasingly recognizes climate change as a defining global emergency, whose pervasive and multidimensional impact profoundly shapes both the material conditions...

The article investigates the notion of refugium as both shelter and enclave, situating it in relation to wetlands (swamps, marshes, and peat bogs) and their significance in the literature and cultural imagination of Cent...

Una de la posibilidades del pensamiento crítico supone no sólo diagnosticar y revelar, sino hacerse cargo de los problemas que enfrentamos. Pero, esta capacidad de componer respuestas creativas y responsables ante aque...

Plastic pollution is a global crisis, with polystyrene (PS) among the most recalcitrant polymers owing to its stable aromatic structure and resistance to natural degradation. Although insect larvae such as mealworms and ...

The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of the Anthropocene. The goal of Paris-compatible development (climate warming to 1.5°C or well below 2°C) therefore also addresses spatial planning. However, althou...

Understanding how socioeconomic development modulates trait–environment linkages in the Anthropocene, particularly its mechanistic role in reshaping the relative importance of climate versus soil drivers, remains poorl...

The article problematizes the figure of Noah’s Ark, which has dominated thinking about refuge-making at the time of the ongoing ecological crisis. The author argues that the refuge-maker does not always have to be huma...

En este trabajo se abordará el concepto de Antropoceno desde una mirada arqueológica, poniendo especial énfasis en los aportes que dicha disciplina puede brindar al estudio de esta temática. Cuando la arqueología se...