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Beyond the binary: from probable to plausible futures in dense green urbanism
| datacite.subject.sdg | 11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 10:Reduzir as Desigualdades | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vidal, Diogo Guedes | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-04-06T08:59:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-04-06T08:59:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026-03-31 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article posits that the tension between density and greening is an ontopoliticalchallenge (Blaser, 2013; Cadena, 2015). Ontopolitics differs from the sociology ofimagination in that it does not primarily concern how futures are envisioned, but howrealities are constituted (Blaser, 2010). While urban political ecology interrogates thepolitical-economic production of socio-natures (Swyngedouw and Heynen, 2003), it oftenretains a shared ontology of “nature” and “society” as analytical categories. An ontopoliticalapproach instead foregrounds conflicts over the very existence and status of entities withinurban governance, asking not merely who controls green space, but whether green space isunderstood as infrastructure, commons, habitat, or political subject. This ontological shifthas material consequences for planning instruments, institutional design, and regulatoryframeworks. The challenge, therefore, is not simply to insert plants into high-rises, which isa practice that often devolves into “greenwashing,” but mostly to fundamentally reconfigureour relationship with the biosphere. We must shift from a paradigm of domination andmanagement to one of cohabitation and resonance (Rosa, 2021), and in doing so, movefrom merely “probable” futures to genuinely transformative “possible” ones. | eng |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The author(s) declared that financial support was received for this work and/or its publication. This work was funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (FCT), the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) through the Thematic Programme for Innovation and Digital Transition (COMPETE 2030), Portugal 2030, and the European Union | Operation No. 15514 COMPETE2030-FEDER-00652800. The authors also acknowledge the support of the R&D Unit Centre for Functional Ecology—Science for People & the Planet (CFE), with reference UIDB/04004/2025 financed by FCT/MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC) with an Extension at the Universidade Aberta and the Associate Laboratory TERRA, with reference LA/P/0092/2020. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/frsc.2026.1789629 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/21838 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Frontiers | |
| dc.relation | Laboratory for Sustainable Land Use and Ecosystem Services | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/articles/10.3389/frsc.2026.1789629/full | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.title | Beyond the binary: from probable to plausible futures in dense green urbanism | eng |
| dc.type | journal article | |
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| oaire.awardNumber | LA/P/0092/2020 | |
| oaire.awardTitle | Laboratory for Sustainable Land Use and Ecosystem Services | |
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| oaire.citation.endPage | 5 | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 1789629 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 1 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Frontiers in Sustainable Cities | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 8 | |
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| person.familyName | Vidal | |
| person.givenName | Diogo Guedes | |
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