Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-190) and index.
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Introduction: Environment politics beyond environment -- Why cities? Towards a new theorisation of 'scale' -- Darwin vs. Tulsa: how cities talk about 'nature' without saying the word -- Cleveland vs. Cape Town: can a city aspire to be green and inclusive? -- Cities and complexity: linking 'the social' with 'the environmental' -- Conclusion: Possibilities of the unknown, for the unknown -- Postscript: Future directions for cities in the Anthropocene