Marx's concept of metabolic rift has emerged as a prominent theoretical framework with
which to explain the socioecological crises of capitalism. Yet, despite its relevance to key …

Marx's concept of metabolic rift has emerged as an important category in ecological
Marxism, but has received relatively little attention in political ecology. This appears to reflect …

The foundational premise of the Anthropocene, constant across the range of proposed
definitions, is that the biophysical world is now profoundly social. This carries substantive …

Soybeans are ubiquitous in the global food system. As a major forest risk commodity, they
are also at the heart of efforts to untangle the dynamics of land use change and associated …

The work of Henri Lefebvre has played a pivotal role in human geography in recent
decades. At the same time, it has frequently been subject to partial and fragmented …

One of the primary objectives of physical geography is to determine how natural phenomena
produce specific territorial patterns. Therefore, physical geography offers substantial …

The deepening biodiversity crisis in the Anthropocene has led to polarised debates within
the conservation movement regarding its objectives and guiding principles. Within this …

Humanity's present social–ecological metabolic configuration is not sustainable, and the
need for a radical transformation of society to address its metabolic rifts with the rest of …

Property-led renewal has become the mainstream approach of entrepreneurial governance
but may change the sociospatial pattern of the classical rent gap and cause problems such …

Capitalist urbanization is recognized as an important aspect of environmental change and
conflict in Latin America. Karl Marx's theory of metabolic rift can offer powerful insights into …