Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change

Ashley Dawson is a professor of English at the City University of New York, and the author of Extinction: A Radical History.

Rather, it lies with urban movements already fighting to remake our cities in a more just and equitable way.As much a harrowing study as a call to arms Extreme Cities is a necessary read for anyone concerned with the threat of global warming, and of the cities of the world.. A cutting exploration of how cities drive climate change while being on the frontlines of the coming climate crisisHow will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing enough to protect ourselves from the coming chaos?

Praise for Extinction: “The most accessible and politically engaged examination of the current mass extinction.” —Los Angeles Review of Books “Succinct and moving.” —Jasbir Puar, author of Terrorist Assemblages