Although Urban Political Ecology has achieved numerous theoretical accomplishments in areas such as critiques of capitalist ecology,socio-ecological transformation,and theoretical interpretations of socio-eco-logical movements over the past two decades,the current stage of Urban Political Ecology theory fails to exhibit truly critical and progressive characteristics.Scholars have overlooked the existence of a capitalist political ecology that allows for the replication and deepening of capitalist social ecological relations.A cri-tique of capitalist political ecology can reveal internal power relations,systemic inequalities and urbanization processes within capitalism and help construct a progressive urban future.Neoliberalism,as a solution to the ecological crises of capitalism,has been proven to be an illusion during the financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.And it has instead concealed the contradictions of capitalist ecological modernization.To truly address the issues,it is necessary to place ecological problems in the realm of radical politicization and re-store the humanitarian spirit devoured by capital accumulation.
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