Injustice in Urban Sustainability: Ten Core Drivers

This book explores and questions common assumptions around urban sustainability by using a unique typology of ten core drivers of injustice. It highlights the contradictions of urban sustainability in relation to justice and argues that urban neighborhoods cannot be greener, more sustainable, and liveable unless their communities are strengthened by the protection of the right to housing, public space, infrastructure, and healthy amenities. Ten short empirical case studies from across Europe and North America provide a systematic analysis of research, policy, and practice conducted under urban sustainability agendas, showing how social and environmental justice is or is not being taken into account.

Format: Hardback
Length: 162 pages
Publication date: 08 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This groundbreaking book employs a unique typology of ten fundamental drivers of injustice to delve into and challenge prevailing notions about what urban sustainability truly entails, how it can be effectively implemented, and how it manifests itself or is propelled by urban interventions that purport to be sustainable. In close alignment with critical environmental justice studies, the book underscores the inherent contradictions of urban sustainability in relation to justice. It posits that urban neighborhoods cannot achieve greater sustainability, liveability, and well-being unless their communities are fortified by the safeguarding of the right to housing, public spaces, infrastructure, and healthy amenities. These drivers are interconnected, and ten concise empirical case studies drawn from across Europe and North America offer a systematic analysis of research, policy, and practice conducted under urban sustainability agendas in cities like Barcelona, Glasgow, Athens, Boston, and Montréal. Through these case studies, the book uncovers the risks of pursuing urban sustainability agendas while disregarding and thus perpetuating systemic drivers of inequity and injustice that operate within and beyond the city. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book is particularly valuable for students enrolled in urban studies, critical geography, and planning. It serves as a useful and analytical synthesis of issues related to urban sustainability, environmental justice, and social equity.

The Open Access version of this book, accessible at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003221425, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This license allows for non-commercial use, reproduction, and distribution of the book, provided that the original authors and source are credited. The funding for this book was provided by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Weight: 330g
Dimension: 143 x 222 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032117621