Searching for the Just City (eBook, PDF)

Debates in Urban Theory and Practice
Redaktion: Marcuse, Peter; Steil, Justin; Potter, Cuz; Olivo, Ingrid; Novy, Johannes; Connolly, James

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135971410
• Artikelnr.: 43073620

Autorenporträt

Peter Marcuse, a lawyer and urban planner, is Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning at Columbia University in New York City. He is currently involved in, and has written on, the impact of September 11 on New York City, of Katrina on New Orleans, and on globalization, focusing on its impact on social justice. James Connolly is a doctoral student in Urban Planning at Columbia University. His research focuses on the role of community organizations within complex organizational fields of urban policy-making. Johannes Novy is currently finishing his PhD in Urban Planning at Columbia University's Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Novy's research interests include planning history and theory, urban tourism, as well as urban development in North America and Europe. Ingrid Olivo is a PhD student in Urban Planning at Columbia University. Her research focuses on the role of cultural heritage in post-disaster development planning. Cuz Potter is a doctoral student in the Urban Planning Department at Columbia University. Justin Steil is a joint PhD/JD student in Urban Planning and in Law at Columbia University. His research focuses on the exercise of power through control over space, especially through the relation between housing, land use and immigration.

Inhaltsangabe

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