Urban Metabolism and Social Inequality
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Urban Metabolism and Social Inequality

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What overarching category do Joshua Newell and Joshua Cousins associate urban political ecology with?

  • Industrial ecology
  • Urban ecology
  • Systems ecology
  • Marxist ecologies (correct)

    • Which of the following is NOT specifically mentioned as a focus of urban metabolism studies?

  • Water
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Waste (correct)

    • What system governs the employment and immigration of migrant workers in Dubai?

  • Kafala (correct)
  • Hawala
  • Maktoum
  • Tashkent

    • What does the kafala system primarily limit regarding non-citizen residents?

    <p>State responsibilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is described as the 'living, form-giving fire' of urban metabolism?

    <p>Labour</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the discussed approaches, which of the following focuses primarily on the production and reproduction of social inequality?

    <p>Marxist ecologies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which phrase best captures the role of migrant workers in the development of cities like Dubai?

    <p>They are the form-giving fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of the population does the kafala system aim to maintain in Dubai?

    <p>A small and politically acquiescent polis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an entitlement provided to national citizens in Dubai?

    <p>Subsidized healthcare</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of resources do cities transform into useful entities according to the context?

    <p>Nonhuman resources like iron and oil</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which flow is mentioned in relation to urban metabolism studies focusing on energy?

    <p>Energy resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who proposed the association of urban political ecology with the term 'circulations and metabolisms'?

    <p>Heynen et al.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term describes the social dynamics emphasized in the content regarding cities?

    <p>Metabolic processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which collection of essays is cited as a starting point for a political ecology of the city?

    <p>Circulations and Metabolisms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which aspect of human-environment interaction does urban metabolism emphasize?

    <p>Active transformation through labour</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is suggested as a primary benefit provided to national citizens in Dubai?

    <p>Subsidized energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of environmentalism is highlighted as a blind spot for India's urban middle-class?

    <p>The role of cars in pollution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Amita Baviskar, how is the cycle-rickshaw perceived by the urban middle-class?

    <p>As an embarrassment in a developing city</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is suggested about the cycle-rickshaw's functionality?

    <p>It possesses significant utility</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How might the environmentalism of migrant rickshaw pullers and their users change urban landscapes?

    <p>By transforming mainstream environmental perspectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Carl Death hope to achieve by drawing inspiration from Nnedi Okorafor's work?

    <p>To destabilize conventional future imaginaries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what manner do AfricanFuturist imaginaries contribute to discussions about climate change?

    <p>They encourage new socio-ecological visions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common perception about rickshaws in relation to a 'world-class' city?

    <p>They are seen as hindrances to progress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What overarching theme is presented regarding urban middle-class environmentalism?

    <p>Disconnection from rural environmental needs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do Swyngedouw and Kaïka suggest about the relationship between social and ecological processes in cities?

    <p>They are vital to understanding the city as a unified process.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do smart cities aim to improve urban living conditions?

    <p>By integrating advanced technologies with urban planning for efficiency.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role do 'citizen sensors' play in the context of smart cities?

    <p>They help to achieve efficiencies by engaging in energy consumption patterns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the concept of 'sustainable urbanisation' as discussed in the context?

    <p>A process that integrates technology and ecology for urban development.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of 'smart' electricity meters as mentioned?

    <p>To influence consumer behavior towards more efficient energy consumption.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of the thinkers' approach to city analysis mentioned in the content?

    <p>Recognizing the city as a site of continuous socioecological change.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what way do the ideas around smart cities influence urban residents?

    <p>They empower residents to partake actively in urban management.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'socially and physically metabolized nature' refer to in the context of urban analysis?

    <p>The integration of ecological factors into urban lifestyles and economies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do Kaika and Swyngedouw suggest technological artefacts like dams and water towers do in the context of water management?

    <p>They mask the social relations through which metabolic urbanization occurs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Captain Rockenbach’s assessment of the sewer work in Santiago de Cuba?

    <p>It was a particularly difficult and troublesome job.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What challenge did workers face during the sewer construction in Santiago de Cuba?

    <p>Frequent interruptions from heavy rainfall.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the passage, how do technologies relate to human efforts?

    <p>Technologies may seem to do the work but obscure human labor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is indicated about the sewer work conditions in Santiago de Cuba?

    <p>The sewer construction faced significant health hazards.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did cables from the gas company contribute to during the sewer work?

    <p>They presented additional obstacles in the trench.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What overall theme can be inferred from the analysis of infrastructure development described?

    <p>Urban infrastructure often involves complex social interactions and challenges.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the early 1900s, what issue complicated the sewer trench work mentioned in the example?

    <p>Constant flooding from old pipes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Urban Metabolism

    • Urban metabolism has three overarching approaches: Marxist ecologies, industrial ecology, and urban ecology.
    • Marxist ecologies explicitly focus on the production and reproduction of social inequality.
    • Urban political ecology focuses on uneven social outcomes due to flows of resources, such as water, food, fat, alcohol, and energy.
    • "Circulations and metabolisms" are proposed as the starting point for a political ecology of the city.
    • Urban metabolism depends on labor as its "living, form-giving fire".
    • Dubai's construction and development rely heavily on exploited migrant labor, structured through the "kafala" employment system.
    • The migrant workforce is the "form-giving fire" within Dubai's metabolic processes.
    • Cities are an outcome of metabolic processes that bring social groups into an active relationship with nonhuman resources.
    • Urban middle classes often demand environmental protection in rural areas, but overlook the environmental impact of cars within their own cities.
    • Cycle rickshaws are seen as an embarrassment by the urban middle class in Delhi despite their functionality.
    • AfricanFuturist imaginaries, like Nnedi Okorafor's novel "Who Fears Death", offer possibilities for imagining new forms of being in the context of climate change.
    • Technological artifacts, like dams and water towers, mask the social relations involved in water metabolism.
    • The city is constituted out of processes that blur the boundaries between the social and the ecological, the city and the countryside.
    • "Smart cities" aim to integrate new digital technologies with progressive planning objectives to reduce carbon emissions and achieve efficiencies.
    • "Smart" electricity meters monitor energy demand and production to change people's consumption behaviors.
    • Urban residents are increasingly expected to act as "citizen sensors" or "digital care workers" in achieving the new efficiencies expected of them by urban planners.

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