Planning the Climate-just City
Abstract
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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Steele, W. and MacCallum, D. and Byrne, J. and Houston, D. 2012. Planning the Climate-just City. International Planning Studies. 17 (1): pp. 67-83.
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International Planning Studies
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