Towards a theory of territorial justice

The research project aims to study how the current dynamics of spatial production determine the pattern of global inequality, how the urban “way of life” is shaping the appropriation of natural spaces and what elements can configure a theory of justice that contributes to a positive redefinition of territorial policies. Faced with a context and, above all, the perspective of a future dominated by logics that produce and reproduce territorial inequalities, the central question that this research seeks to explore is what it means to build just cities in the context of planetary urbanization. To this objective, it builds on the expansion of the traditional idea of urbanization as the growth of cities towards a more complex and holistic concept as the process of territorial restructuring.

Faculty Supervisor:

Violaine Jolivet

Student:

Partner:

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Construction; Other

University:

Université de Montréal

Program: