The Burden of the Present: On the concept of urbanization

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First published in Society and Space - https://societyandspace.com/material/article-extras/theme-section-a-new-apparatus-technology-government-and-the-resilient-city/ross-exo-adams-the-burden-of-the-present-on-the-concept-of-urbanisation/

Ross Exo Adams offers the following commentary as a supplement to his article “Natura Urbans, Natura Urbanata: ecological urbanism, circulation and the immunisation of nature” in volume 32, number 1 of Society and Space, as part of the theme section, “A New Apparatus: Technology, Government and the Resilient City”. - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1068/d17012?id=d17012