Beschreibung:
If today's cities are full of injustices, what would a 'Just City' look like? Contributors to this volume including David Harvey, Peter Marcuse and Susan Fainstein define the concept, examining it from multiple angles in addition to questioning it and suggesting alternatives.
Introduction Section 1: Why Justice? Theoretical Foundations of the Just City Debate 1. Planning and the Just City 2. The Right to the Just City 3. Discursive Planning: Social Justice as Discourse 4. Justice and the Spatial Imagination Section 2: What are the Limits of the Just City? Expanding the Debate 5. From Justice Planning to Commons Planning 6. As Just as it Gets? The European City in the Just City Discourse 7. Urban Justice and Recognition: Affirmation and Hostility in Beer Sheva 8. On Globalization, Competition and Economic Justice in Cities Section 3: How Do We Realize Just Cities? From Debate to Action 9. Keeping Counterpublics Alive in Planning 10. Can The Just City Be Built From Below? Brownfields, Planning and Power in the South Bronx 11. Just City: A Utopia Still Possible? 12. Race in New Orleans Since Katrina. Conclusion