Social justice and spatial inequality

Israel, Emil; Frenkel, Amnon

doi:10.1177/0309132517702969

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“…Transport fairness, brought about by the development of the transport network, is closely related to many social issues, such as the number of jobs available and the time spent in public transport [5]. Accessibility has been gradually recognized as an indicator of transport fairness [6][7][8]. Transport fairness is derived from the study of fairness and justice in other fields [7], in which "fairness" is regarded as the core component of "justice" [9,10].…”

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Spatial Fairness and Changes in Transport Infrastructure in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area from 1976 to 2016

Gao

Cao

2019

Sustainability

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The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area (QTP) is the most unique environmental-population region and an important natural laboratory for the study of human-land relations. The poor transportation conditions have long restricted socio-economic development. The research on the transport infrastructure and spatial effect in the QTP is of significance to the sustainable development of the region. Accordingly, a spatial accessibility model was used to analyze the spatial pattern of accessibility in QTP from 1976–2016, examine the accessibility evolution trend on the township scale and reveal the spatial fairness and changes in accessibility. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) The accessibility to major cities improved and the time-space convergence effect was significant. (2) The spatial autocorrelation analysis results showed that the improvement in transport infrastructure had a significant impact on the agglomeration of the accessibility level. (3) Access time from towns to the nearest major city are much shorter. More Tibetan people have more opportunities to access cities. (4) The accessibility coefficient and relative accessibility revealed distributive effects and spatial fairness of accessibility. (5) The global coefficient of variation value demonstrated an increasing trend, which indicates that spatial unfairness of transport is increasing.

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Spatial Fairness and Changes in Transport Infrastructure in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area from 1976 to 2016

Gao

Cao

2019

Sustainability

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“…Lefebvre (1970) and other contemporaries claimed that justice involved the right to take part in urban transformation processes, implying an ‘active participation in the political life, management, and the administration of the city’ (Dikeç, 2001: 1790). More recently, Sen's (1993; 2009) capabilities approach has influenced Israel and Frenkel's (2017: 2) notion of a justice deriving from a ‘person's capabilities and … liberties’. Such a focus on capacity at the individual and urban scale can be rescaled into a conception of spatial justice as reflecting a particular region's capabilities and liberties to shape its own future.…”

Section: Reflecting On Territorial Cohesion and Spatial Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…While some universalist goals may be constant, authors like Sen (2009) argue that we must avoid imagining a perfectly just situation against which to measure reality in all spatial and temporal circumstances. Israel and Frenkel (2017) similarly insist that there is no single definition of justice: it should be assessed on the basis of individual opportunities in a given context, alongside plural understandings of what is fair and what may create well‐being (Sen, 1993). Storper (2011: 19), too, maintains that although ‘freedom and liberty; the ability to live our lives and be happy; and [the] development of our capabilities’ may well be common goals, in practice ‘different individuals, groups and territories … fill in the detail on these goals in rather different ways’.…”

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From Territorial Cohesion to Regional Spatial Justice: The Well‐Being of Future Generations Act in Wales

Jones¹,

Goodwin‐Hawkins²,

Woods³

2020

Int J Urban Regional Res

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The European Union's flagship Cohesion Policy faces evidence of dubious economic effectiveness and growing political and philosophical critiques of the very ideals of furthering European integration. This article examines ambitions for territorial cohesion as they have been operationalized through regional development in Wales. We argue that a potential alternative to the failed realization of territorial cohesion lies in the principles of spatial justice. While territorial cohesion has typically emphasized the redistribution of funds to ‘lagging’ regions, spatial justice, as we define it, is premised upon enabling regions to assert their own capacity to act and pursue positive visions of regional futures, consider the implications of space and scale for the achievement of justice, and define well‐being, development and the ‘good life’ in ways that reflect regional priorities. We examine three ways in which recent political discourses and policy mechanisms in Wales resonate with these ideals. We focus on attempts to envision a progressive Welsh future, develop alternative spaces and scales of governance, and redefine and pluralize understandings of progress and well‐being. The article concludes by reflecting on the practical and conceptual implications of rescaling spatial justice to regional contexts.

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“…Discussing the concept of spatial justice is a major challenge especially when someone works in the interstices between geography and sociology. It is important to mention that in the last two to three decades social scientists have experienced many 'turns' (see Jessop, Brenner & Jones, 2008;Soja, 2010;Sheller, 2014) such as the 'cultural turn', the 'mobility turn', the 'spatial turn', the 'scalar turn' and the 'relational turn'. These have shifted attention onto older terms, introduced new approaches, and enriched discussions by entangling various (sub)disciplines and creating new conceptual and research domains.…”

Section: Spatial Justice: Socio-spatial Inequalities and Transformatimentioning

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Editorial: Spatial Justice in Europe. Territoriality, Mobility and Peripherality

Παπαδόπουλος¹

2019

Eur. XXI

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The discussion surrounding the impact of territorial cohesion policy, and the territorial prioritization of cohesion policy, can offer significant insights by problematizing spatial justice. The notions of territoriality, mobility and peripherality are presented and analyzed due to their relevance to territorial cohesion, but also because they may strengthen the concept of spatial justice. The main objective of this paper, and by extension of this issue, is to stress the relevance of spatial justice as a concept created to address socio-spatial and territorial inequalities and useful when framing policy strategies, articulating policy goals, implementing policies, or taking actions to mitigate socio-spatial inequalities. The paper is organized in four sections. The introductory section presents social and economic inequalities as signifiers of the (un)sustainability of the European project and stresses the challenges facing territorial cohesion policy. The second section includes a conceptualization of spatial justice which plays to both the analytical strength and normative rigour of the concept. Third, there is a brief discussion of the notions of territoriality, mobility and peripherality. The final section is dedicated to a description of the basic features of the six papers included in this issue.

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Social justice and spatial inequality

Cited by 84 publications

References 78 publications

Spatial Fairness and Changes in Transport Infrastructure in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area from 1976 to 2016

Spatial Fairness and Changes in Transport Infrastructure in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area from 1976 to 2016

From Territorial Cohesion to Regional Spatial Justice: The Well‐Being of Future Generations Act in Wales

Editorial: Spatial Justice in Europe. Territoriality, Mobility and Peripherality

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