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Utu in the Anthropocene
Places Journal
How are colonial landscapes to be redesigned? To answer this question, begin with the Māori concept of reciprocity, the foundation for the valuation of all beings, human and non-human.
Your Sea Wall Won’t Save You
Places Journal
Negotiating rhetorics and imaginaries of climate resilience in Jakarta, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, and Bangkok.
On the Water
Places Journal
As the planet warms, rising seas will endanger coastal communities. In 2008, an interdisciplinary team proposed a set of adaptive strategies to protect New York.
Property and Permanence
Places Journal
California has long allowed an ambiguous boundary between public and private land along its extensive coast. Climate change is testing the limits of this fragile compromise.
“Nothing without water”
Places Journal
To be poor in Lagos today is to be at constant risk of displacement, as local leaders funnel money and land into exclusive development. Climate change is only making it worse.
Mangroves on a Landfill
Places Journal
Informal settlers in Baseco, Manila, struggle to win respect and equal partnership in shaping the environmental agenda for their home.