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Magnasanti by Vincent Ocasla on SimCity3000. Is it possible to produce a Just Urban Environment?. « Justice as Fairnes s », a quick overview of John Rawls’ Theory of Justice. How to apply spatially this Rawlsian conception. Seeking rationally a Just model of Urban Development.
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Is it possible to produce a Just Urban Environment? « Justice as Fairness », a quick overview of John Rawls’ Theory of Justice. How to apply spatially this Rawlsian conception. Seeking rationally a Just model of Urban Development.
I. « Justice as fairness » J. Rawls There are 2 Main principles: • A fair repartition of the advantages and burdens of social cooperation • The maximin principle.
II. « Seeking Spatial Justice » E. Soja - Pareto optimality: Nothing can change without damaging the well-being of at least one member of the society. - Territorial Justice: « a form of spatial organization which maximizes the prospects of the least fortunate region. »D. Harvey
III. Thinking a « Distributive Center » • The « veil of ignorance » J. Rawls • The center/peripherydichotomy • « Capitalism has survived by occupyingspace » H. Lefebvre • From the « Predator center » to the « Distributive Center ».
Bibliography: • BRET Bernard, « Interpréter les inégalités socio-spatiales à la lumière de la Théorie de la Justice de John Rawls », Annales de géographie, 2009/1 n° 665-666, p. 16-34. • SOJA Edward, « Seeking Spatial Justice », University of Minnesota Press, 2010, p75-95 • RAWLS John, « A theory of Justice », BelknapPress, 1999, Part 1 « Theory ».