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Equity and Urban Justice

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    -Develop a comprehensive understanding of the historical, social, and economic factors contributing to urban inequities. -Analyze the roots of urban injustice, including issues related to housing, transportation, education, and access to resources.
  • Course Goals
  • No Poverty
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

Requirements

Description

  • English Description

    Introducing the principles of social equity and urban justice in urban planning and housing strategies. The reflection of these principles on housing provision systems, resources distribution and spatial planning, and investigates causes for segregation and inequality in planning. The impact of lack of social equity on urban problems and built- environment deprivation.
  • Arabic Description

    إدخال مبادئ العدالة الاجتماعية والعدالة الحضرية في التخطيط الحضري واستراتيجيات الإسكان. انعكاس هذه المبادئ على أنظمة توفير السكن، وتوزيع الموارد والتخطيط المكاني، والتحقيق في أسباب الفصل وعدم المساواة في التخطيط. أثر غياب العدالة الاجتماعية على المشكلات الحضرية و البيئية المبنة.
  • Department
    Urban Planning
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (20) + tr.Major Assessment (35 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 0% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 0, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    75
  • Equivalent ECTS
    3
  • Fainstein, S. S. (2014). The just city. International journal of urban Sciences, 18(1), 1-18.
  • Varady, D. P. (Ed.). (2005). Desegregating the city: Ghettos, enclaves, and inequality. SUNY Press.
  • Lloyd, C., Shuttleworth, I., & Wong, D. (2014). Social-spatial segregation. Policy Press, Bristol.
  • Oomen, B., Davis, M. F., & Grigolo, M. (Eds.). (2016). Global Urban Justice. Cambridge University Press.