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Capital, Nature and the City: Urban Political Ecology of the Gerbido Waste Incinerator in Turin
Journal Title: SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE 
Author/s: Silvia Crivello 
Year:  2016 Issue: 109 Language: Italian 
Pages:  18 Pg. 22-39 FullText PDF:  516 KB
DOI:  10.3280/SUR2016-109003
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The article analyses the politico-economic processes at the heart of the realisation of the Gerbido waste incinerator in Turin, by mobilising the theoretical framework of urban political ecology. The analysis describes the relations between economic flows, the capital fix and the production of urban natures, emphasising the strict relations between capitalist logics and the production of urban spaces.
Keywords: Urban Political Ecology, City, Nature, Incinerator, Gerbido, Turin

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Silvia Crivello, Capital, Nature and the City: Urban Political Ecology of the Gerbido Waste Incinerator in Turin in "SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE" 109/2016, pp. 22-39, DOI:10.3280/SUR2016-109003

   

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