Beschreibung:
In 1996, the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union, a grassroots advocacy organization, won a historic legal victory against the citys Metropolitan Transit Authority. The resulting consent decree forced the MTA for a period of ten years to essentially reorient the mass transit system to better serve the citys poorest residents. A stunning reversal of conventional governance and planning in urban America, which almost always favors wealthier residents, this decision is also, for renowned urban theorist Edward W. Soja, a concrete example of spatial justice in action.
Prologue, Introduction, 1. Why Spatial? Why Justice? Why L.A.? Why Now?, 2. On the Production of Unjust Geographies, 3. Building a Spatial Theory of Justice, 4. Seeking Spatial Justice in Los Angeles, 5. Translating Theory into Practice: Urban Planning at UCLA, 6. Seeking Spatial Justice after 9/11: Continuities and Conclusions, Acknowledgments, Notes and References, Index