The Just City /
Fainstein, Susan S.
The Just City / Susan S. Fainstein. - 1 online resource (224 p.) : 17 halftones, 3 maps
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Toward an Urban Theory of Justice -- 1. Philosophical Approaches to the Problem of Justice -- 2. Justice and Urban Transformation: Planning in Context -- 3. New York -- 4. London -- 5. Amsterdam: A Just City? -- 6. Conclusion: Toward the Just City -- References -- Index
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‹p›‹b›"The just city is one in which equity, democracy, and diversity are important considerations. This is in contrast with the city as growth machine. Fainstein examines three cities: New York, London, and Amsterdam. She provides a history of post–World War II planning and then focuses on fairly recent cases of development in each. Her goals, though modest, are important if growing inequality in urban areas is to be reversed. Recommended."‹/b›- ‹i›Choice‹/i›‹/p›‹p›For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. Yet over the past three decades the ideological triumph of neoliberalism has caused the allocation of spatial, political, economic, and financial resources to favor economic growth at the expense of wider social benefits. Susan Fainstein's concept of the "just city" encourages planners and policymakers to embrace a different approach to urban development. Her objective is to combine progressive city planners' earlier focus on equity and material well-being with considerations of diversity and participation so as to foster a better quality of urban life within the context of a global capitalist political economy. Fainstein applies theoretical concepts about justice developed by contemporary philosophers to the concrete problems faced by urban planners and policymakers and argues that, despite structural obstacles, meaningful reform can be achieved at the local level.‹/p›‹p›In the first half of ‹b›‹i›The Just City‹/i›‹/b›, Fainstein draws on the work of John Rawls, Martha Nussbaum, Iris Marion Young, Nancy Fraser, and others to develop an approach to justice relevant to twenty-first-century cities, one that incorporates three central concepts: diversity, democracy, and equity. In the book's second half, Fainstein tests her ideas through case studies of New York, London, and Amsterdam by evaluating their postwar programs for housing and development in relation to the three norms. She concludes by identifying a set of specific criteria for urban planners and policymakers to consider when developing programs to assure greater justice in both the process of their formulation and their effects.‹/p›
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780801460487
10.7591/9780801460487 doi
City planning--Moral and ethical aspects.
Philosophy.
Political Science & Political History.
Urban Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
Iris Marion Young. Martha Nussbaum. applied social justice. better urban life. books about social justice. books for city planners. books for policymakers. cities and diversity. city planning and political values. city planning research. city planning. collaborative planning. equitable city planning. evaluating urban development projects. land use planning. modern city planning. motwenty-first-century cities. municipal government. new directions in planning theory. planning theory. postâ€"World War II planning. progressive city planners. progressive city planning. social justice and the city. social justice in public policy. social justice in urban policy. spatial justice. theory in city planning. urban development. urban land use planning. urban planning. urban policy. urban sociology. urban theory and practice. urbanism. what is urban development. work of John Rawls.
303.3/72
The Just City / Susan S. Fainstein. - 1 online resource (224 p.) : 17 halftones, 3 maps
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Toward an Urban Theory of Justice -- 1. Philosophical Approaches to the Problem of Justice -- 2. Justice and Urban Transformation: Planning in Context -- 3. New York -- 4. London -- 5. Amsterdam: A Just City? -- 6. Conclusion: Toward the Just City -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
‹p›‹b›"The just city is one in which equity, democracy, and diversity are important considerations. This is in contrast with the city as growth machine. Fainstein examines three cities: New York, London, and Amsterdam. She provides a history of post–World War II planning and then focuses on fairly recent cases of development in each. Her goals, though modest, are important if growing inequality in urban areas is to be reversed. Recommended."‹/b›- ‹i›Choice‹/i›‹/p›‹p›For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. Yet over the past three decades the ideological triumph of neoliberalism has caused the allocation of spatial, political, economic, and financial resources to favor economic growth at the expense of wider social benefits. Susan Fainstein's concept of the "just city" encourages planners and policymakers to embrace a different approach to urban development. Her objective is to combine progressive city planners' earlier focus on equity and material well-being with considerations of diversity and participation so as to foster a better quality of urban life within the context of a global capitalist political economy. Fainstein applies theoretical concepts about justice developed by contemporary philosophers to the concrete problems faced by urban planners and policymakers and argues that, despite structural obstacles, meaningful reform can be achieved at the local level.‹/p›‹p›In the first half of ‹b›‹i›The Just City‹/i›‹/b›, Fainstein draws on the work of John Rawls, Martha Nussbaum, Iris Marion Young, Nancy Fraser, and others to develop an approach to justice relevant to twenty-first-century cities, one that incorporates three central concepts: diversity, democracy, and equity. In the book's second half, Fainstein tests her ideas through case studies of New York, London, and Amsterdam by evaluating their postwar programs for housing and development in relation to the three norms. She concludes by identifying a set of specific criteria for urban planners and policymakers to consider when developing programs to assure greater justice in both the process of their formulation and their effects.‹/p›
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780801460487
10.7591/9780801460487 doi
City planning--Moral and ethical aspects.
Philosophy.
Political Science & Political History.
Urban Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
Iris Marion Young. Martha Nussbaum. applied social justice. better urban life. books about social justice. books for city planners. books for policymakers. cities and diversity. city planning and political values. city planning research. city planning. collaborative planning. equitable city planning. evaluating urban development projects. land use planning. modern city planning. motwenty-first-century cities. municipal government. new directions in planning theory. planning theory. postâ€"World War II planning. progressive city planners. progressive city planning. social justice and the city. social justice in public policy. social justice in urban policy. spatial justice. theory in city planning. urban development. urban land use planning. urban planning. urban policy. urban sociology. urban theory and practice. urbanism. what is urban development. work of John Rawls.
303.3/72