Previously, i summarized her idea of just city concept, where i mentioned that she conducted three casestudies namely new york, london and amsterdam. Yet over the past three decades the ideological triumph of. Harvard professor susan fainstein speaks about her new book, the just city, bridging progressive ideas of justice with the practical work of planners and urban policymakers. Yet, a growing body of work on the just city for example, fainstein, 2006. Susan fainsteins book is the result of some 20 years of intense research and thinking on the subject of the just city, and it seems likely to me to become something of a classic fainsteins slightly deadpan style serves only to make her accounts more compelling. Susan fainsteins ideas for the just city crystallized in the 1960s and 70s, during a time of great political unrest in the united states. Fainstein has 15 books on goodreads with 1040 ratings. Fainstein values democracy but immediately qualifies her support as she argues that local democracy can easily result in negative global outcomes for instance, when an affluent community. The title of this book is the just city and it was written by susan s. Her objective is to combine progressive city planners earlier focus on equity and material wellbeing with considerations of diversity and participation so as to foster a better quality of urban life within. The three central concepts proposed by fainstein that would constitute the just city are. In the first half of the just city, fainstein draws on the work of john rawls, martha. Susan fainstein with sai balakrishnan and cuz potter youtube.
It takes a comprehensive, balanced approach to the question. The just city, according to fainstein, has three components. Fainstein wants to jostle urban planners and policy makers to think more about ways that cities can support all their. In this book, fainstein develops an urban theory of justice and uses it to asses extant and potential programs and institutions. Her research and writing has focused on the distributive effects of urban development strategies and megaprojects, the role of democracy and community control in local public institutions, and establishing a moral theory of the just city. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of dis.
Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. Susan fainsteins concept of the just city encourages planners and policymakers to embrace a different approach to urban development, combining progressive city planners earlier focus on equity and material wellbeing with considerations of diversity. Todays urban planners may operate with more restraint than moses, but as susan fainstein writes in her latest book, the just city, social justice is still far from the first priority in much urban planning in the u. In this book, susan fainstein draws together her conceptual work over the past twenty years on the just city and her empirical work on urban development projects in major western cities. Susan fainsteins book is the result of some 20 years of intense research and thinking on the subject of the just city, and it seems likely to me to become something of a classic. Developing a vision of the just city requires coping with the vast outpouring of scholarship on. Jan, 2014 amsterdam has been identified as being very close to the ideal model of a just city. In the books 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. Thanks to fainsteins concerted efforts over the last two decades, which have culminated in this seminal book, justice is now once again. Fainstein is a lecturer and senior research fellow in the harvard graduate school of design. Fainstein, 9780801476907, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Third, the just city, according to fainstein, features equity. If you do not see its contents the file may be temporarily unavailable at the journal website or you do not have a pdf plugin installed and enabled in your browser. Her commitment to social justice shines through this work, and she provides a challenging approach to evaluating urban development projects from this perspective.
Fainstein is a senior research fellow in the harvard graduate school of design. Fainstein explains that she does not intend to describe a theory of the good city, where the conditions for human flourishing are the goal. She challenged the eras prevailing topdown planning and urban renewal policies, which she understood to be a regressive, copy and paste approach to urban development that wrote off planners as powerless. Journal of housing and the built environment, apr 2012 justus uitermark. In the just city, fainstein sets herself an ambitious tasks to develop and urban theory of justice and to use it to evaluate existing and potential institutions and programs, and to create a bridge between theory and practice, by providing a guide to what policymakers and planners should do if justice is the first evaluative. The just city kindle edition by fainstein, susan s. Fainstein identifies a number of tensions between these different criteria. Feb 14, 2011 harvard professor susan fainstein speaks about her new book, the just city, bridging progressive ideas of justice with the practical work of planners and urban policymakers. And he spent three years editing and translating for the korean ministries of environment and labor. Dec 19, 20 susan fainstein talks about her concept of the just city based on three central principles namely equality, democracy and diversity. Sen, 1999 implies that regional accessibility strategies to address poverty may not address systemic.
The just city journal of housing and the built environment, apr 2012. Fainstein born 1938 is a political theorist and scholar of urban planning. Aug 06, 2012 in this book, fainstein develops an urban theory of justice and uses it to asses extant and potential programs and institutions. Nov 18, 2010 susan fainsteins book is the result of some 20 years of intense research and thinking on the subject of the just city, and it seems likely to me to become something of a classic. International journal of urban sciences 18 1, 118, 2014. It provides an introduction to a highly theorised world of planning. In her latest book, the just city, fainstein aims to develop an urban theory of justice as a tool for urban policy evaluation. Susan s fainstein for much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. It was published by cornell university press and has a total of 224 pages in the book. School of design, aims to develop an urban theory of justice and to use it to. An introduction to the special issue on urban mobilization s. The just city download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
Susan fainsteins concept of the just city encourages planners and policymakers to embrace a different approach to urban development. In the first half of the just city, 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 twentyfirstcentury cities, one that incorporates three central concepts. Fainsteins slightly deadpan style serves only to make her accounts more compelling. Conference searching for the just city to honor work on occasion of departure from columbia university, april 2006. For instance, urban renewal policies that force poor minority households to relocate from neighborhoods where they are concentrated may increase diversity at the cost of equity and democracy fainstein 2010, p. For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. The design for the just city course at the harvard graduate school of design required students to work through several exercises that called upon them to. Jul 28, 2011 in the first half of the just city, 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 twentyfirstcentury cities, one that incorporates three central concepts. Her book the just city was published in 2010 by cornell university press.
He has consulted for a number of firms and organizations in new york city and seoul. Paul davidoff book award of the association of collegiate schools of planning for the just city, 2011. Building on rawls concept of justice as fairness, she proposes a just city exhibits equity, democracy, and diversity. Resident fellow, rockefeller center at bellagio, italy, aprilmay, 2007. Since 1999 fainstein has worked to theorize the just city, a concept for which her 2010 book is named. In the book s second half, fainstein tests her ideas. In the first half ofthe just city, 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 twentyfirstcentury cities, one that incorporates three central concepts. Susan fainstein, professor of urban planning at harvard universitys graduate. The concept of the just city architecture student chronicles. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. I was reading through the concept presented by susan fainstein the just city.
Architecture is not a business, not a career, but a crusade and a consecration to a joy that justifies the existence of the earth henry cameron. The just city susan s fainstein haftad 9780801476907. Review of the just city susan fainstein hossein maroufi. First, it is democratic in the sense that people have control over their living environments. In her latest book, the just city,fainstein aims to develop an urban theory of justice as a tool for urban policy evaluation. 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. Susan fainstein conducted a case study on amsterdam.
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