Planning the Climate-just City

Issues of urban equity have long been linked to urban planning. Yet in practice the quest for the ‘just city’, defined in terms of democracy, diversity, difference and sustainability, has proven to be highly problematic. Drawing on examples from the Australian urban context, we argue that the impera...

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Main Authors: Steele, W., MacCallum, Diana, Byrne, J., Houston, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46321
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description Issues of urban equity have long been linked to urban planning. Yet in practice the quest for the ‘just city’, defined in terms of democracy, diversity, difference and sustainability, has proven to be highly problematic. Drawing on examples from the Australian urban context, we argue that the imperative of climate change adds urgency to the longstanding equity agenda of planning in cities. In our normative quest for the climate-just city we offer a conceptual and analytical framework for integrating the principles of climate justice and equity into urban planning thinking and practice.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-463212017-09-13T15:07:52Z Planning the Climate-just City Steele, W. MacCallum, Diana Byrne, J. Houston, D. Issues of urban equity have long been linked to urban planning. Yet in practice the quest for the ‘just city’, defined in terms of democracy, diversity, difference and sustainability, has proven to be highly problematic. Drawing on examples from the Australian urban context, we argue that the imperative of climate change adds urgency to the longstanding equity agenda of planning in cities. In our normative quest for the climate-just city we offer a conceptual and analytical framework for integrating the principles of climate justice and equity into urban planning thinking and practice. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46321 10.1080/13563475.2011.638188 Routledge restricted
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Planning the Climate-just City
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title_full Planning the Climate-just City
title_fullStr Planning the Climate-just City
title_full_unstemmed Planning the Climate-just City
title_short Planning the Climate-just City
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url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46321