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THE ZOONOTIC CITY: Urban Political Ecology and the Pandemic Imaginary

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In the context of the Covid‐19 pandemic this article takes a longer view of the evolving relationship between urbanization and the range of zoonotic diseases that have spread from animals to humans. I suggest that the existing interpretation of epidemiological transitions remains overly Eurocentric and requires a more nuanced conception of global environmental history. Similarly, the conceptualization of urban space within these teleological schemas has relied on a narrow range of examples and has failed to fully engage with networked dimensions to urbanization. At an analytical level I consider the potential for extending the conceptual framework offered by urban political ecology to take greater account of the epidemiological dimensions to contemporary urbanization and its associated pandemic imaginary. I examine how contemporary health threats intersect with complex patterns of environmental change, including the destruction of biodiversity (and trade in live animals), the co‐evolutionary dynamics of viruses and other pathogens, and wider dimensions to the global technosphere, including food production, infrastructure networks, and the shifting topographies of peri‐ or ex‐urban contact zones.

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  • Matthew Gandy, 2022. "THE ZOONOTIC CITY: Urban Political Ecology and the Pandemic Imaginary," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(2), pages 202-219, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:46:y:2022:i:2:p:202-219
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13080
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