TY - BOOK AU - Fainstein,Susan S. TI - The Just City SN - 9780801460487 U1 - 303.3/72 22 PY - 2011///] CY - Ithaca, NY PB - Cornell University Press KW - City planning KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Philosophy KW - Political Science & Political History KW - Urban Studies KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban KW - bisacsh KW - Iris Marion Young KW - Martha Nussbaum KW - applied social justice KW - better urban life KW - books about social justice KW - books for city planners KW - books for policymakers KW - cities and diversity KW - city planning and political values KW - city planning research KW - city planning KW - collaborative planning KW - equitable city planning KW - evaluating urban development projects KW - land use planning KW - modern city planning KW - motwenty-first-century cities KW - municipal government KW - new directions in planning theory KW - planning theory KW - postâ€"World War II planning KW - progressive city planners KW - progressive city planning KW - social justice and the city KW - social justice in public policy KW - social justice in urban policy KW - spatial justice KW - theory in city planning KW - urban development KW - urban land use planning KW - urban planning KW - urban policy KW - urban sociology KW - urban theory and practice KW - urbanism KW - what is urban development KW - work of John Rawls N1 - 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 N2 - ‹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› UR - https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801460487 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801460487 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801460487/original ER -