{"id":11262,"date":"2015-10-19T05:58:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T09:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/?page_id=11262"},"modified":"2025-06-26T00:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T04:46:12","slug":"the-just-city-essays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/the-just-city-essays\/","title":{"rendered":"The Just City Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheJustCityEssaysCover\"26 Visions for Urban Equity, Inclusion\u00a0and Opportunity<\/em><\/h3>\n

See the full Table of Contents<\/a>. The series is also published at NextCity.org. \u00a0All 26 essays are available here<\/a> at TNOC.<\/p>\n

The full eBook versions are available here: PDF<\/a>, ePub<\/a> (e.g., iBook, Nook), Mobi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the past decade, there have been conversations about the \u201clivable city,\u201d\u00a0the \u201cgreen city,\u201d\u00a0the \u201csustainable city\u201d and, most recently, the \u201cresilient city.\u201d At the same time, today\u2019s headlines\u2014from Ferguson to Baltimore, Paris to Johannesburg\u2014resound with the need for a frank conversation about the structures and processes that affect the quality of life and livelihoods of urban residents. Issues of equity, inclusion, race, participation, access and ownership remain unresolved in many communities\u00a0around the world,\u00a0even as we begin to address the challenges of affordability, climate change adaptation and resilience.\u00a0The persistence of injustice in the world\u2019s cities\u2014dramatic inequality, unequal environmental burdens and risks, and uneven access to opportunity\u2014demands a continued and reinvigorated search for ideas and solutions.<\/p>\n

Our organizations, the J. Max Bond Center on Design for the Just City at the City College of New York, The\u00a0Nature of Cities, and Next City, have built our respective missions around creating and disseminating knowledge, reporting and analysis of the contemporary city. All three organizations offer platforms for thought leaders and grassroots activists who are working to identify both aspirational and practical strategies for building livable, sustainable, resilient and just cities. Our shared values brought us together to produce the first volume of E<\/em>ssays\u00a0for the Just City,\u00a0<\/i>generously funded by the Ford Foundation. (Illustrations by Andrea Posada and design by Random Embassy.) Special thanks to Mary Rowe of the Municipal Art Society of New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The outreach to our invited 26\u00a0authors began\u00a0with two straightforward questions: what would a just city look like, and what could be strategies to get there? We raised these questions to architects, mayors, artists, doctors, designers, scholars, philanthropists, ecologists, urban planners, and community activists. Their responses came to us from 22 cities across five continents and myriad vantages. Each offers a distinct perspective rooted in a particular place or practice. Each is meant as a provocation\u2014a call to action. You will notice common threads as well as notes of dissonance.\u00a0Just like any urban fabric, heterogeneity reigns.<\/p>\n

Remember, this project began with questions, not answers. We hope this collection will inspire, and also be read as an invitation to imagine a city where urban justice may still be still unrealized, yet is urgently desired in the dreams of so many. The dialogue is only beginning, and much work remains to be done in cities across the world.<\/p>\n

Toni L. Griffin, Ariella Cohen and David Maddox<\/strong><\/p>\n

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TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/h3>\n

The series is also published at NextCity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Introduction<\/b>, Toni L. Griffin, Ariella Cohen and David Maddox<\/p>\n

Tearing down Invisible Walls<\/b><\/p>\n

Defining the Just City Beyond Black and White<\/a><\/b>, Toni L. Griffin
\nIn It Together<\/a><\/b>, <\/i>Lesley Lokko
\nCape Town Pride. Cape Town Shame<\/a><\/b>, Carla Sutherland
\nUrban Spaces and the Mattering of Black Lives<\/a><\/b>, Darnell Moore
\nCeci n’est pas une pipe: Unpacking Injustice in Paris<\/a><\/b>, Fran\u00e7ois Mancebo<\/p>\n

Reinvigorating Democracy<\/b><\/p>\n

Right to the City for All: <\/i>A Manifesto for Social Justice in an Urban Century<\/b><\/a>, Lorena Z\u00e1rate
\nHow to Build a New Civic Infrastructure<\/a><\/b>, Ben Hecht
\nTurning to the Flip Side<\/a><\/b>,<\/i> Maruxa Cardama
\nA Just City is Inconceivable Without a Just Society<\/a><\/strong>, Marcelo Lopes de Souza
\nPublic Imagination, Citizenship and an Urgent Call for Justice<\/a><\/b>, <\/i>Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman<\/p>\n

Designing for Agency<\/b><\/p>\n

Karachi and the Paralysis of Imagination<\/a><\/b>, Mahim Maher
\nUp from the Basement: The Artist and the Making of the Just City<\/a><\/b>, Theaster\u00a0Gates
\nJustice that Serves People, Not Institutions<\/a>, <\/b>Mirna D. Goransky
\nResistance, Education and the Collective Will<\/a><\/b>, Jack Travis<\/p>\n

Inclusive Growth<\/b><\/p>\n

The Case for All-In Cities<\/a><\/b>, Angela Glover Blackwell
\nA Democratic Infrastructure for Johannesburg<\/a><\/b>, Benjamin Bradlow
\nCreating Universal Goals for Universal Growth<\/a><\/b>, Betsy Hodges
\nThe Long Ride<\/a><\/b>, Scot T. Spencer
\nTurning Migrant Workers into Citizens in Urbanizing China<\/a><\/b>, Pengfei\u00a0Xie<\/p>\n

The Big Detox\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

A City that is Blue, Green and Just All Over<\/a><\/b>, Cecilia P. Herzog
\nAn Antidote for the Unjust City: Planning to Stay<\/a><\/b>, Mindy Thompson Fullilove
\nJustice from the Ground Up<\/a><\/b>, Julie Bargmann<\/p>\n

Elevating Planning and Design<\/b><\/p>\n

Why Design Matters<\/a><\/b>, Jason Schupbach
\nClaiming Participation in Urban Planning and Design as a Right<\/a><\/b>, P.K. Das
\nHome Grown Justice in a Legacy City<\/a><\/b>, Karen Freeman-Wilson<\/p>\n

Epilogue: Cities in Imagination<\/a>, <\/b>David Maddox<\/p>\n

Published by The Nature of Cities, The J. Max Bond Center at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York, and Next City
\n\u00a9 2015 All rights are reserved.
\nNo part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of The J. Max Bond Center, Next City and The Nature of Cities.<\/p>\n

Essays for the Just City<\/em> were produced with funding from the Ford Foundation.<\/p>\n

Illustrations by Andrea Posada and design by Random Embassy.<\/p>\n

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