Concrete Jungles explores the hidden geographies of injustice in the Caribbean islands, demonstrating how mainstream environmentalism reflects and reproduces racial and economic inequalities.
Rivke Jaffe is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Urban Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Caribbean Cities in Comparative Perspective; Chapter Three: Excavating the Traces of Empire; Chapter Four: Fragmented Cities; Chapter Five: Urban Naturalisms: Pollution, Space and Power; Chapter Six: Uptown Environmentalism; Chapter Seven: Downtown Environmentalism; Chapter Eight: Coda