Does the Urban Age signal the end of the Anthropocene? — ASN Events

Does the Urban Age signal the end of the Anthropocene? (14226)

Brendan Gleeson 1
  1. University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

Cities are surely modernity’s greatest artefact.  The contemporary global urban system is stark testament to humanity’s planetary shaping prowess.   However, the trajectory of urbanisation, and more particularly the political economy driving it, may be endangering the human species and our ability to shape history.   Does the advent of an urban age hearken the ending of the Anthropocene?