The Ethics of Cities: Shaping Policy for a Sustainable and Just Future

by Timothy Beatley

Ethical dilemmas and value conflicts affect cities globally, but urban leaders and citizens often avoid confronting them directly and instead view the governance of cities as primarily an administrative task or, even worse, a merely political one. Timothy Beatley challenges readers to consider the issues in our cities not simply as legal or economic problems but as moral ones, asking readers "How can a city become more ethical?" Beatley unearths,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469678624
• ISBN13: 9781469678627
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"