City of equals / / Jonathan Wolff and Avner de-Shalit.

• Superior document: Oxford scholarship online
• VerfasserIn: Wolff, Jonathan,; De-Shalit, Avner,
• TeilnehmendeR: De-Shalit, Avner,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Oxford University Press,, 2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
• Series: Oxford scholarship online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (0 pages)
• Notes: Also issued in print: 2024.

'A City of Equals' combines a multi-disciplinary literature review and, distinctively, more than 180 interviews in 10 cities in 6 countries: Wolff and De-Shalit provide an account of a city of equals based on the idea that it should give each of its city-zens a secure sense of place or bel...

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• 1. Introduction, Motivation, and Methods
• 1.1. The Research Question
• 1.2. What Is a City?
• 1.3. The Egalitarian Spirit
• 1.4. Methods
• 1.5. The Argument in a Nutshell
• 1.6. Conclusion
• 2. A Critical Literature Review
• 2.1. Introduction
• 2.2. Income Inequality: The Importance and Limitations of Material Inequality
• 2.3. Space and Segregation, Exclusion and Inclusion
• 2.4. The Importance and Limitations of Spatial Analysis
• 2.5. The Just City: Towards a More Holistic Notion of a City of Equals
• 2.6. Conclusion: The Many Dimensions of a City of Equals
• 3. Interview Themes and Results, Part 1
• 3.1. Our Starting Point
• 3.2. The Results of the Interviews
• 3.3. Relational Equality
• 3.4. Themes that Relate to Non-market Accessibility to Goods and Services
• 3.4.1. Spatial Dimensions of Integration, Segregation, and Their Consequences
• 3.4.2. Frequency and Variety of Public Transportation
• 3.4.3. Gardening, Environment Goods, and Environmental Bads
• 3.4.4. Housing Policy
• 3.5. Themes that Relate to Sense of Meaning
• 3.5.1. Inequalities in Urban Experience
• 3.5.2. Sense of Security
• 3.5.3. Identity, Community, and Anonymity
• 4. Interview Themes and Results, Part 2
• 4.1. Themes That Relate to the Value of Diversity and Social Mixing
• 4.1.1. Special Arrangements for Elderly People
• 4.1.2. Special Arrangements in Respect of Young Children and their Parents
• 4.1.3. Women-friendly City Design and Planning, and Gender Equality
• 4.2. Themes that Relate to the Value of Non-deferential Inclusion
• 4.2.1. Communication beyond Transportation: Words and Vision
• 4.2.2. Inclusivity
• 4.2.3. Political Standing
• 4.3. Conclusion
• 5. A Secure Sense of Place
• 5.1. Introduction.
• 5.1.1. The Sense of Place
• 5.2. The Four Core Values
• 5.2.1. Core Value 1: Access to the City's Services Is Not Constituted by the Market
• 5.2.2. Core Value 2: A Sense of Meaning and Meaningful Urban Life
• 5.2.3. Core Value 3: Diversity and Social Mixing
• 5.2.4. Core Value 4: Non-deferential Inclusion
• 5.3. Conclusion
• 6. Conclusions and Next Steps
• 6.1. Core Value 1: Non-market Access to the City's Facilities
• 6.2. Core Value 2: A Sense of a Meaningful Life
• 6.3. Core Value 3: Diversity and Social Mixing
• 6.4. Core Value 4: Non-deferential Inclusion
• 6.5. Conclusion
• References
• Index.