Dear All,
For those in the UK in late October, here are details of a University
of Sheffield event, which may be of interest...
‘Planning for the Just City’ by Professor Susan Fainstein, Harvard University
FRIDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2011 AT 5.30 PM
FIRTH HALL, FIRTH COURT, WESTERN BANK, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN
http://www.shef.ac.uk/whatson/justcity
In the first Civic University Lecture, Susan Fainstein will reflect on
the intellectual and policy implications of her significant new book,
The Just City. The concept of the "just city" is designed to
encourage policy-makers to embrace a different approach to urban
development and to challenge the academic community to move beyond
critical analysis. The argument applies theoretical concepts about
justice developed by contemporary philosophers to the concrete
problems faced by urban planners and policymakers and argues that,
despite structural obstacles, meaningful reform can be achieved at the
local level.
Susan Fainstein is Professor of Urban Planning in the Graduate School
of Design at Harvard University. A leading authority on comparative
urban public policy, urban redevelopment and planning theory, her
books include: The Just City, The City Builders; Restructuring the
City; and Urban Political Movements.
Professor Keith Burnett, Vice Chancellor, University of Sheffield,
states: "The Civic University initiative is central to our mission.
The aim is to foster mutually beneficial interactions between civic
and intellectual concerns, with an underlying aspiration to make a
difference. This, the first Civic University Lecture, is part of this
initiative."
Places are free but strictly limited. Book online at
http://www.shef.ac.uk/whatson/justcity
For further information, please contact:
Jess McEwen
Business Development Manager
Public Services Academy
Tel: +44 (0) 114 2228389
Email: [log in to unmask]
University of Sheffield,
ICOSS, 219 Portobello, Sheffield S1 4DP
This lecture is supported by the Public Services Academy and the
Department of Town and Regional Planning.
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Dr Glyn Williams
Director of Learning and Teaching
Department of Town and Regional Planning
University of Sheffield
Co-Director Sheffield International Development Network
Chair, Developing Areas Research Group of the Royal Geographical
Society/Institute of British Geographers
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