Either in terms of analytical power or humanist principles, is the term “decent” the most appropriate starting (or ending) point in establishing a research agenda and a normative commitment to maximize tolerance, equality and inclusion? Clearly, this concept invites us to think about how to identify or produce just, humane, and livable city spaces. But […]
Diane Davis
Diane Davis is a professor of urbanism and development at Harvard University.
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Some Preliminary Thoughts on Inequality and Urban Space: Looking Back, Thinking Comparatively, Heading Forward
by Diane DavisPermit me to start with preposterously grand proposition: in the United States most of the research on the relationship between inequality and urban space has come primarily in the form of studies of how and why socially and economically marginalized populations are clustered in certain urban locations, thus concentrating poverty and magnifying its social, political, […]
June 27, 2014