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The climate-just city
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Steele, W and Hillier, J and Houston, D and Byrne, JA and MacCallum, D, The climate-just city, Routledge Handbook of Climate Justice, Routledge, T Jafry (ed), Oxford, UK, pp. 279-289. ISBN 978-1-138-68935-0 (2019) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright Statement
Copyright 2019 The Authors. This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Routledge Handbook of Climate Justice on 20 November 2018, available online: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Climate-Justice/Jafry/p/book/9781138689350
DOI: doi:10.4324/9781315537689
Abstract
The imperative of climate change adds urgency to the longstanding equity agenda in cities and urban areas. Justice and equity issues arise in the climate change context because of the high prospects for impacts on already vulnerable people and communities. In this chapter we outline the framework of the climate-just city as a conceptual and analytical lens for taking the urban equity agenda forward within the context of climate change. Building on the concept of the "just city" (see Fainstein 2010), we argue the key tenets of democracy, diversity, recognition and equity must more explicitly take into account the complex links between human society, urban settlements and the natural environment. We apply this lens to our empirical research focused on enabling social innovation to climate change at the local scale within the Australian context. The chapter concludes by offering insights into how the (climate-) just city principles can be mobilised in practice.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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| Keywords: | cities, climate change, justice, adaptation, policy, equity, disadvantage |
| Research Division: | Human Society |
| Research Group: | Human geography |
| Research Field: | Urban geography |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
| Objective Group: | Environmental policy, legislation and standards |
| Objective Field: | Land policy |
| UTAS Author: | Byrne, JA (Professor Jason Byrne) |
| ID Code: | 138961 |
| Year Published: | 2019 |
| Deposited By: | Geography and Spatial Science |
| Deposited On: | 2020-05-14 |
| Last Modified: | 2020-06-09 |
| Downloads: | 20 View Download Statistics |
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