Magnasanti by Vincent Ocasla on Sim City 3000

Magnasanti by Vincent Ocasla on Sim. City 3000

Is it possible to produce a Just Urban Environment? I. « Justice as Fairness » , a quick overview of John Rawls’ Theory of Justice. II. How to apply spatially this Rawlsian conception. III. 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 wellbeing 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/periphery dichotomy - « Capitalism has survived by occupying space » 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, p 75 -95 • RAWLS John, « A theory of Justice » , Belknap Press, 1999, Part 1 « Theory » .