“The Right to the City” An Ecosystemic Approach to Better Cities, Better Life

André Pilon

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Abstract: Urbanism is a focus on cities and urban areas, their geography, economies, politics, social characteristics, as well as the effects on, and caused by, the built environment; it is linked to various aspects of quality of life: education, culture, justice, labour, environment, health, safety, housing, leisure, transport, consumption. This year, the United Nations proposed the following questions for the citizens of the world: What is the best thing about your city? What's the worst thing about your city? What do you want the authorities to do about it? What can you do about it? It is a clear attempt to foster civic participation and personal engagement, but to make things happen it is necessary to create active socio-cultural niches at many societal levels.

Keywords: Urbanism; politics; education; culture; justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 D73 H11 I18 I31 O21 Q48 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-09-30
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