Presentation Saskia Sassen - Institut Veolia Environnement

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Two aspects of cities that matter: multi-scalar and many ecologies • Multi-scalar: The diverse terrains and domains, a) onto which cities project their effects and b) from which they meet their needs. • Ecologies of cities: a) Multiple mechanisms and feedback loops of urban processes. b) Articulations between these urban ecologies and nature’s s ecologies.
Cities create new socio-natural conditions. • The enormously distinctive presence that is urbanization is changing a growing range of nature’s s ecologies, from the climate to species diversity and ocean purity. • And it is creating new environmental conditions: heat islands, ozone holes, desertification, and water pollution.
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Page 5: The urban hinterland is now global
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