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Bioregionalism and Degrowth: Addressing the Urban-Other Divide

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  • Johanna Waldenberger
  • Federico Savini

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Scale and spatial politics are central to degrowth research, yet scholars often overemphasise the (limited) potential of local practices. This paper proposes a bioregional spatial planning approach that addresses the ‘urban-other’ divide – the political process that defines a space as intrinsically alien and inferior to the city – without falling into localist biases. Building on bioregionalist thought, we propose five dimensions for degrowth spatial planning and identify their implications for planning theory and practice: the regional scale of socio-metabolic relations, socio-spatial organization for sufficiency, cooperative geopolitical relations through polycentric networks, a regenerative approach to ecology, and a post-humanist worldview in spatial planning.

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  • Johanna Waldenberger & Federico Savini, 2025. "Bioregionalism and Degrowth: Addressing the Urban-Other Divide," Planning Theory & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(3), pages 402-419, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rptpxx:v:26:y:2025:i:3:p:402-419
    DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2025.2524106
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