For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. The just city kindle edition by fainstein, susan s. Untapped citiess 10 favorite nonfiction books about new. In this book, susan fainstein draws together her conceptual work over the past twenty years on the just city and her empirical work on urban development. Dec 22, 2016 david kaiser is president of the rockefeller family fund, a usbased, familyled public charity that works to promote a sustainable and just society.
Her research and writing has focused on the distributive effects of urban development strategies and megaprojects, the role of democracy and community control in local public institutions, and establishing a moral theory of the just city. In this book, susan fainstein draws together her conceptual work over the past twenty years on the just city and her empirical work on urban development projects in major western cities. Fainstein is senior research fellow and former professor in the urban planning program at the harvard university graduate school of design. Susan fainstein, professor of urban planning at harvard universitys graduate. Fainstein is a lecturer and senior research fellow in the harvard graduate school of design. Her commitment to social justice shines through this work, and she provides a challenging approach to evaluating urban development projects from this perspective. For more information on some of susan s individual titles you are invited to explore the scroll down tabs under the susan s books heading. It takes a comprehensive, balanced approach to the question. It has a wide reputation as manhattans gay mecca, and while that has historically been true, rising acceptance of the gay lifestyleand soaring rentshas. The distinction between urban theory and planning theory is not intellectually viable.
Fainstein applies theoretical concepts about justice developed by contemporary philosophers to the concrete problems faced by urban planners and policymakers and argues that, despite structural obstacles, meaningful reform can be achieved at the local level. She wanted to achieve social justice within the context of urban planning. Susan fainsteins concept of the just city encourages planners and policymakers to embrace a different approach to urban development. She had a vision of creating a city where public investment and regulation would produce equitable outcomes rather than support the wealthy. The new yorker may earn a portion of sales from products and services that are purchased through links on our site as part of our affiliate partnerships with retailers. It was published by cornell university press and has a total of 224 pages in the book. For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of dis. Jul 28, 2011 the just city is one in which equity, democracy, and diversity are important considerations. The just city download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Developing a vision of the just city requires coping with the vast outpouring of scholarship on justice that. First, it is democratic in the sense that people have control over their living environments. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Fainsteina a harvard university graduate school of design, 41 quarry dock road, branford, ct 06405, usa published online. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the just city.
This article provides an incomplete list of fiction books set in new york city. Fainstein explains that she does not intend to describe a theory of the good city, where the conditions for human flourishing are the goal. May 01, 2010 a ustin wright, who died in 2003, was a novelist and english professor at the university of cincinnati. Like the idea of justice itself, the just city is not the last word concluding a debate. This is in contrast with the city as growth machine. Achetez neuf ou doccasion the just city fainstein, susan s. She challenged the eras prevailing topdown planning and urban renewal policies, which she understood to be a regressive, copy and paste approach to urban development that wrote off planners as powerless. In the first half of the just city, fainstein draws on the work of john rawls, martha nussbaum, iris marion young, nancy fraser, and others to develop an approach to justice relevant to twentyfirstcentury cities, one that incorporates three central concepts.
Susan fainstein s concept of the just city encourages planners and policymakers to embrace a different approach to urban development. Fainstein s work deepens, enriches, and extends deliberative planning theory in complementary rather than antagonistic ways. Fainstein 20110728 paperback january 1, 1727 by susan s. The notion of the just city emerges from philosophical discussions about what justice is combined with the intellectual history of utopias and ideal cities. Fai nstein has 15 books on goodreads with 1040 ratings. She provides a history of postworld war ii planning and then focuses on fairly recent cases of development in each. Susan fainsteins book is the result of some 20 years of intense research and thinking on the subject of the just city, and it seems likely to me to become something of a classic. She obtained a degree in english with complementary studies in history in the university of indiana. Fainstein 2014 the just city, international journal of urban sciences, 18.
Sep 01, 2012 the just city by susan fainstein the just city by susan fainstein mcquarrie, michael 20120901 00. Jan 05, 2018 the book and its sequels, dianes new love and toujours diane, were known, i would later learn, as malt shop novels. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. The just city, according to fainstein, has three components. Susan fainstein s concept of the just city encourages planners and policymakers to embrace a different approach to urban development, combining progressive city planners earlier focus on equity and material wellbeing with considerations of diversity. We found 12 records for susan schiller in red creek, suffern and 18 other cities in new york. Feb 12, 2003 he is coauthor of the rise of the gunbelt with ann markusen, peter hall, and sabina deitrick and of a forthcoming book on berlin and is coeditor of readings in urban theory, second edition coedited with susan s. Susan fainstein phd harvard university, ma harvard.
Marks is dead is an ecstatic roll call, perhaps inclusive to a fault, of those who set up shop in a part of town that has never felt entirely settled, no matter whose side youre on. Written from the 1940s to the mid1960s, they tracked a teenage. More important, it is a trenchant, penetrating, and reasoned contribution to precisely that discursive and contested, but necessary and fruitful deliberative process that. Her books include the just city 2010, the city builders 2nd ed, 2001, and restructuring the city 1986. Fainsteins slightly deadpan style serves only to make her accounts more compelling.
The school of urban and regional planning presents the just city. Jun 25, 2016 top 10 childrens books set in new york city new york city is the perfect place to write in and write about. Susan schiller in new york ny 12 records found whitepages. Adler susan a, first edition abebooks shop for books, art. Once a mixed, lowincome neighborhood on the west side, chelsea has become a focal point for artists and galleries. Fainstein s formulation and working through of justice and its three components of democracy, diversity, and. Susan fainstein s ideas for the just city crystallized in the 1960s and 70s, during a time of great political unrest in the united states. Breakfast at tiffanys forever immortalized in the 1960s with the romantic comedy starring the inimitable audrey hepburn, breakfast at tiffanys was a book before it was a movie. In the first half of the just city, fainstein draws on the work of john rawls, martha. Apr 25, 20 heres a list of 10 wellknown books that take place in new york and will get you in the mood to scope out the city. Top 10 childrens books set in new york city the guardian. Fainstein is also the recipient of the distinguished educator award of the association of collegiate schools of. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Fainstein born 1938 is a political theorist and scholar of urban planning. The contributors to this volume, including susan fainstein, david harvey and margit mayer articulate a conception of the. Susan fainstein s book is the result of some 20 years of intense research and thinking on the subject of the just city, and it seems likely to me to become something of a classic. Nov 18, 2010 susan fainsteins book is the result of some 20 years of intense research and thinking on the subject of the just city, and it seems likely to me to become something of a classic.
Susan fainstein is a professor of urban planning at harvard. Her objective is to combine progressive city planners earlier focus on equity and material wellbeing with considerations of diversity and participation so as to foster a better quality of urban life within. She assures to have the sensation of having lived with a foot in the past, and remembers better the genealogy of the kings of england than the name of her states current governor. Fainstein is professor of urban planning at columbia university. Fainstein argues, for example, that a practical alternative for bpc could have used revenue bonds derived from the projects future earnings not just to fund housing elsewhere in the city but to supplement developers crosssubsidies within the buildings so as to provide belowmarket units in every structure p. Reflecting on the shrinking supply of affordable housing in nyc, london, and amsterdam, fainstein recommends, in furtherance of equity, housing units. Her most recent titles are the six books in the dark queen series. Her objective is to combine progressive city planners earlier focus on equity and material wellbeing with considerations of diversity and participation so as to foster a better quality of urban life. Explore the factchecked online encyclopedia from encyclopaedia britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts. Heres a roundup of our 10 favorite nonfiction books about new york city.
Buy the just city book online at best prices in india on. Fainstein has 15 books on goodreads with 1040 ratings. Books of wonder is located in the chelsea neighborhood of manhattan. Buy the just city book online at low prices in india the. Journal of housing and the built environment, apr 2012 justus uitermark. Ranging from memoirs to guidebooks, we should have a selection that fits every kind of reading experience that youd. Fainstein is a wellknown author, some of his books are a fascination for readers like in the the just city book, this is one of the most wanted susan s.
Kamil, eric watkin, foreword by kenneth jackson isbn. Two books coming from this group proved most influential in setting the course of. Susan fainstein with sai balakrishnan and cuz potter youtube. Fainstein is a senior research fellow in the harvard graduate school of design. Reasons include 1 the historical roots and justification for planning, which depends on a vision of the city rather than simply a method of arriving at prescription. Her objective is to combine progressive city planners earlier focus on equity and material wellbeing with considerations of diversity and participation so as to foster a pdf better quality of urban life.
Her book the just city was published in 2010 by cornell university press. It is these specific policy recommendations, laid out clearly in the final chapter of the just city, which are the most important and original contributions of susan fainstein s latest book. School of design, aims to develop an urban theory of justice and to use it to. This book engages with the growing debate around these questions. In the just city, fainstein sets herself an ambitious tasks to develop and urban theory of justice and to use it to evaluate existing and potential institutions and programs, and to create a bridge between theory and practice, by providing a guide to what policymakers and planners should do if justice is the first evaluative. The title of this book is the just city and it was written by susan s. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. For the love of malt shop novels the new york times. A critical discussion on susan fainsteins formulation 6 adel khosroshahi march 2015 in this study, an overview over her conception of the just city will be brought and then it will be investigated according to other scholars if fainsteins formulation can be challenged with others critics.
Most recently, she served as vice chair and commissioner of the new york city board of standards and appeals, where she heard and adjudicated zoning variances, special permits and administrative appeals cases. It provides an introduction to a highly theorised world of planning. In her latest book, the just city, fainstein aims to develop an urban theory of justice as a tool for urban policy evaluation. If you do not see its contents the file may be temporarily unavailable at the journal website or you do not have a pdf plugin installed and enabled in your browser. May 03, 2016 here are 11 of the best nonfiction books about new york city. Meg leder, who has done both, picks her favourite books set in the big apple. December 2016 verlyn klinkenborgs books include several short sentences about writing and timothy.
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