The Just City

by Susan S. Fainstein

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801476909
• ISBN13: 9780801476907
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher