An Eco-Marxist analysis of oil depletion via urban sprawl
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5085293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George A Gonzalez (0000-0002-0513-2278, University of Miami, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 515-531 |
| Publication date | 2006-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644010600785135 |
| OpenAlex | W1866653725 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 43 |
The United States' urban zones are the most sprawled in the world. Urban sprawl in the US substantially contributes to global oil depletion and to the global warming phenomenon. In this article the author demonstrates that urban sprawl can only be fully comprehended within the political economy framework developed by Karl Marx. Marx concepts of value and rent are indispensable to understanding the profligate use of fossil fuels vis-à-vis urban sprawl. Additionally, the author shows that the public policy-making process that prompted/maintains urban sprawl in the US is consistent with the business dominance view of public policy formation
Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Marxist philosophy · Natural resource economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Urban planning · Urban sprawl · Economic Theory and Policy · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Ecology
Bourgeois utopias
Contemporary suburban America
The rise of the community builders
Asphalt nation
The Prize
Politics and markets
Critical Theories of the State
Understanding Capital
The Control of Oil
The State in Capitalist Society
Crabgrass Frontier
Understanding Marx
Marx and Engels on Ecology
Ecology and Historical Materialism
The Logic of Collective Action
On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation
Marx and Nature
Ideas and State Capacity, or Business Dominance? A Historical Analysis of Grazing on the Public Grasslands
The Automobile Age
The Inner Circle
The Model-T, the Hard Sell, and Los Angeles's Urban Growth
Bourgeois Nightmares
From Streetcar to Superhighway
The Political Economy of International Oil
War, Prosperity and Depression
Nature's ‘Free Gifts' and the Ecological Significance of Value
The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
The Tragedy of the Commons
America's Needs and Resources
Credit as a Production-Smoothing Device
Magnetic Los Angeles
Urban Sprawl, Global Warming and the Limits of Ecological Modernisation
Some controversies in the development of rent theory
Neo-Pluralism
Buy Now, Pay Later
Free Market Environmentalism
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |